The UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture and University of Tehran are organizing the 2023 Media and Information Literacy Seminar with the main theme of “A Collective Global Agenda” on Wednesday, 25 October 2023, which coincides with the World Development Information Day and United Nations Day.
The Sixth Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Seminar commemorates the 12th Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2023 (24 – 31 Oct) that highlights the 13th Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Conference and the seventh Youth Agenda Forum.
The annual Global MIL Week, initiated in 2012, is led by UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO MIL Alliance, the UNESCO-UNAOC MIL and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University Network, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), and other partners. This week-long event offers an opportunity for all stakeholders to assess their progress towards “Media and Information Literacy for All”, and unites diverse actors committed to promoting MIL as a way to foster social inclusion and intercultural dialogue.
In line with the International Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Conference, and the Global MIL Week Youth Agenda Forum, 2023 MIL Seminar at University of Tehran aims to address the concept of incorporating MIL for the public good, and focus on how the global community can use Global MIL Week to build MIL as key to a vision of information as a public good and towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Amidst the rise of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) that provides new solutions to development challenges and SDGs, MIL is an essential tool for people’s development. Through MIL individuals can mitigate the problems of potentially harmful content and reinforce rights to information and freedom of expression within the current complex of information ecosystem, and it can empower individuals to develop themselves and their societies through enhanced capacities in communication and information.
The 6th Seminar was attended by about 12,000 particpants; more than 300 in-person attendees, 200 on Zoom, and over 11,000 on Rubika.
Opening ceremony - Hannaneh Hall (8:30 - 8:45) - Moderator: Alireza Salehi Nejad
Keynote session - Hannaneh Hall (8:45 - 9:45) - Moderator: Alireza Salehi Nejad
Prof. Saeid Reza Ameli (Professor of Communication, Chairman of UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture, Cyberspace Research Policy Center, and Dean of Faculty of World Studies): Redefining new knowledge based on computational and cognitive literacy as a global collective agenda (In Farsi)
Dr. Younes Shokrkhah (Professor Emeritus of Communication and journalist (In Farsi)
Quick break (9:45 - 10:00)
Panel I – Melal Hall (10:00 - 12:00) - Moderator: Zeinab Ghasemi
Yoones Yoonesian (University of Tehran, Iran): Media and information literacy in cognitive theory and neuroscience: the concept of memory and nostalgia in the attention economy (In English)
Himanshu Shekhar Mishra (New Delhi Television, India): Climate Change, Disasters and threats to Sustainable Development: A Framework to strengthen Public Information Systems to empower Citizens (In English)
Mahdiye Sadedasht (Allameh Tabatabai University, Iran): Skills needed by ordinary citizens to achieve artificial intelligence literacy (In English)
Prakash Kona (Independent Scholar, India): ‘Objective Truth’ in Mass Communication: Educating Common People to Critically Process Information (In English)
Shaho Sabbar (University of Tehran, Iran): Battling COVID-19 Misinformation: Strategies for Combating Fake News (In English)
Keynote Speaker: Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili (Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran) (In Farsi)
Ebrahim Mohseni Ahooei (University of Vienna, Austria): The Emergence of Homo Cognatexus: Implications for New Media Landscape (In English)
Seyed Milad Mousavi Haghshenas (University of Tehran, Iran): The study of key technologies in the field of web-based 3D graphics (In Farsi)
Ehsan Shahghasemi (University of Tehran, Iran): Navigating the Playing Field: Understanding Sports Literacy (In English)
Workshops I & II – Organized by Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran – Iran Hall (10:00 - 12:00)
Workshop on digital literacy and its importance in the future of the networked world (In Farsi)
Workshop on systemization challenges in facing the issue of biocyborgs (cyber bioorgans) in Iran's civilizational future (In Farsi)
Lunch break and prayers (12:00 – 13:30)
Panel II – Melal Hall (13:30 - 15:00) - Moderator: Zohre Kharazmi
Alev Ozeroglu (Ozyegin University, Turkey): Discussing Legal Solutions to Combat Hate Speech on Digital Platforms (In English)
Alireza Salehi-Nejad (University of Tehran, Iran): Media and information literacy and politics: How MIL compliments political literacy in the digital age (In English)
Paulo M. Barroso (New University of Lisbon, Portugal): Understanding photojournalism’s visual literacy in the age of (dis)misinformation (In English)
Zeinab Ghasemi Tari (University of Tehran, Iran): Social Media and Media Literacy: Examining Social Media Manipulation and Disinformation in the Context of Iran 2023 Unrest (In English)
Olga Vikhrova, Iaroslava Gorlova, Kristina Floriak (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia): Telegram as a platform for the preservation and dissemination of traditional values in the Central Asian diasporas of the Russian Federation (In English)
Elham Kadkhodaee (University of Tehran, Iran) Responses to Israel’s Self-representation for Iranians: Thematic Analysis of Replies to Israeli Tweets in Farsi (In English)
Panel III – Iran Hall (13:30 - 15:00) - Moderator: Ehsan Shahghasemi
Elmira Khanlarkhani (Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran), Saba Sadein Khoram, Sanaz Rahrovani (Shiraz University, Iran): A systematic review of policymaking for students’ Media literacy education in Finland: Modeling and Localization (In English)
Elaheh Nourigholamizadeh (University of Tehran, Iran): Argentina’s National Media Education Program: Opportunities and Challenges (In English)
Melinda T. Quiñones (MIL for ASEAN Network, Philippines), Lai Cheng Wong (MIL for ASEAN Network, Malaysia), Rudolf Anthony A. Lacerna (Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines): ASEAN Teachers’ Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Competencies: A Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Accessing, Evaluating, and Creating Media Content (In English)
Zahra Moazzami (Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Iran): Explaining the role of public libraries in teaching information literacy to users in the digital age (In Farsi)
Benjamin Duke (University of Leicester, United Kingdom): The Future of University Publishing Houses: The Importance of Media and Literacy Competence in Industry 4.0 (In English)
Fariba Afkari (University of Tehran, Iran): From the sea of tradition to the new wave: the role of smart libraries in the global sphere (In Farsi)
Quick break (15:00 – 15:15)
Workshop III – Organized by Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran – Melal Hall (15:15 – 16:45)
Workshop on transformations of information literacy and media literacy in relation to artificial intelligence (In Farsi)
Closing Ceremony – Melal Hall (16:45 – 17:20) - Moderator: Ehsan Shahghasemi
Seminar and Panel Chairs: Prof. Saeid Reza Ameli, Dr. Zeinab Ghasemi Tari, Dr. Zohre Kharazmi, Dr. Mohammad Aghasi, Dr. Shaho Sabbar and Dr. Alireza Salehi-Nejad (In Farsi)
Virtual access to sessions at Hannaneh & Melal Halls
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82812122958 (Passcode: 207481)
Virtual access to sessions at Iran Hall
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86085839562 (Passcode: 641009)