Action for Media Education promotes and advocates for media literacy education, with special outreach to parents, teachers, and those who work with children.
Australian Media Literacy Alliance
The Australian Media Literacy Alliance is an unincorporated group of seven organizations whose objectives in the area of media literacy are closely aligned. They provide insight into content creation, information provision, education and media and information usage.
Center for Media and Information Literacy
The Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) was established in 2012 at the Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University as a hub for research, outreach, education and professional development on issues involving media literacy and information literacy locally, nationally and internationally. Their work focuses on the three areas of scholarship, media industry and community service. (CMIL website)
The Center for Media Literacy (CML) is an educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and evidence-based educational resources nationally and internationally.
Critical Media Project (CMP) is a free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity.
European Federation of Journalists
With headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is the largest organization of journalists in Europe, representing over 320,000 journalists in 72 journalists’ organizations across 45 countries. The Austrian and German press councils released a useful Media Literacy Toolkit for teachers and students which consists of six case studies and role play exercises identified by European Press Councils from Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland and Germany.
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The Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island advances media literacy education through research and community service, with emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship and practice that stands at the intersections of communication, media studies and education.
The Media Education Foundation (MEF) produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.
Media Information Literacy Alliance (MILA)
"MILA is a cross-sector group of organizations and individuals who share a common belief in the power of media and information literacy to help people lead happier, healthier, safer and more productive lives. It was set up during summer 2021 under the co-sponsorship of CILIP and the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG). MILA’s purpose is to promote media and information literacy in the UK as a fundamental building block for a healthy, inclusive, democratic society. Its vision is of a society in which everyone is empowered to engage critically with information". (MILA website, 2021)
MLN is a politically neutral advocacy nonprofit with the goal of making media literacy widely understood and accepted as an essential element in public education at the local, state, and national levels.