Media and Information Education in the UK: Recommendations to the European Union

Improved media literacy is often touted in policy circles as a key to successful digital transition. But new research suggests that the UK’s early progress in media literacy has stalled. Giving a preview of an extensive audit of UK media literacy due to be published next year, the University of Bournemouth’s Julian McDougall argues that the UK is lagging behind in funding, training and policy, despite being a leader in media studies scholarship.