This research was commissioned by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT - formerly DCMS) in October 2022, as part of its efforts to address challenges, barriers and inefficiencies in the media literacy sector, and build capabilities in organisations to meet the ambition of the Online Media Literacy Strategy (DCMS, 2021a).
The research objectives were:
- Objective 1: The challenges
To develop an accurate picture of the challenges the media literacy sector faces in relation to coordination, funding, evaluation and any other key challenges that emerge through the research.
- Objective 2: International contexts
To gain insights from a rigorous comparison of other international contexts and identify the lessons that the government can learn from their approaches to media literacy.
- Objective 3: Policy opportunities
To identify policy opportunities for intervention from government and other actors to improve the UK media literacy landscape. In particular, DSIT are seeking opportunities that are tangible, and feasible to implement over the next 1-5 years.