Calling all social networkers, filmmakers or gamers ages 12-13!
Did you know that 59% of all 9-16 year olds in Ireland have their own social networking profile and that over 53% use the internet daily? The EU Kids Online survey published in 2011 showed that Irish young people were prolific users of the internet. 44% as opposed to the
European average of 26% are gaming online. 80% have mobile phones. In PISA Digital Literacy scores, Irish young people were ranked 8th. In one of our own surveys for Film Focus, 64% of young people expressed an interest in having more film in schools and 69% declared that they watched subtitled films.
What all these statistics show is that young people in Ireland are literate in a broad range of media - from phones and films to social networking and online. And while there has been a lot of debate about an apparent decline in maths and reading, there is little doubt that media literacy is a currency within which a very large percentage of young people operate today.
In conjunction with the BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland), the organisation with the responsibility for media literacy, and drawing on our experience and findings of Film Focus, we would like to find out exactly what media young people aged 12-13 have access to, how they are using it and for what purpose.
Are you aged 12-13?
We are looking for 12- to 13-year-old media users from around the country to complete our survey.
Please see link below:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/ifi medialiteracy
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