Insights: As part of an evaluation collaboration with the University of Southern Denmark and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, this briefing examines positive student contact with journalists and pupils’ resulting increased motivation to verify online content. Is the Lie Detectors approach to digital media literacy effectively producing change?

Insights: Media literacy training delivered to students via video-conferencing has declined since the end of the Covid pandemic. But for remote regions, online offerings provide much-needed training with almost undiminished impact. Based on impact surveys among children and teachers. 

Insights: This briefing quantifies heightened engagement by teachers on media literacy post-pandemic as well as the self-reported impact of Lie Detectors training as creating a brake on young people sharing viral content. We also examine rapid development of online media usage by children and generational usage gaps. 

Insights: This briefing explores extremely high engagement by teachers and children with interactive media literacy tools during 2020 pandemic lockdown, as well as shifting patterns of news consumption.