Rapid evidence assessment on online misinformation and media literacy: final report for Ofcom

Edwards, Lee ORCID: 0000-0001-6542-1234, Stoilova, Mariya ORCID: 0000-0001-9601-7146, Anstead, Nick ORCID: 0000-0002-1090-5271, Fry, Andra, El-Halaby, Gail and Smith, Matthew (2021) Rapid evidence assessment on online misinformation and media literacy: final report for Ofcom. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This report summarises the results of the Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) on Online Misinformation and Media Literacy (REA), conducted from November 2020 to April 2021 and commissioned by Ofcom. The review is focused on studies that measure the effectiveness of interventions designed to tackle misinformation, both within the media literacy curriculum and in relation to technological interventions that draw on literacy principles (such as critical thinking, information evaluation and active engagement), even if they are not conducted in an educational setting. The results showed that robust evaluation of media literacy curriculum interventions is not very common. More evaluation has been done on the effectiveness of non-curricular interventions. Nonetheless, findings from both types of research provide important insights into how evidence-based, targeted approaches to dealing with misinformation by improving media literacy might be further developed, building on existing policy and industry initiatives and fostering audience empowerment and agency.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/interne...
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	Media and Communications LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2021 07:12
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2024 01:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110866

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