Moscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy
Source: https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/information-literacy/publications/moscow-declaration-on-mil-en.pdf
The International Conference “Media and Information Literacy for Knowledge Societies” was held in Moscow on 24-28 June 2012.
It aimed -among others- at raising public awareness of the significance, scale and topicality of media and information literacy advocacy among information, media and educational professionals, government executives, and the public at large.
Media and Information Literacy MIL is defined as
a combination of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices required to access, analyse, evaluate, use, produce, and communicate information and knowledge in creative, legal and ethical ways that respect human rights.
Media and information literate individuals
- can use diverse media, information sources and channels in their private, professional and public lives.
- know when and what information they need and what for, and where and how to obtain it.
- understand who has created that information and why, as well as the roles, responsibilities and functions of media, information providers and memory institutions.
- can analyze information, messages, beliefs and values conveyed through the media and any kind of content producers, and can validate information they have found and produced against a range of generic, personal and context-based criteria.
MIL competencies thus extend beyond information and communication technologies to encompass learning, critical thinking and interpretive skills across and beyond professional, educational and societal boundaries. MIL addresses all types of media (oral, print, analogue and digital) and all forms and formats of resources.
This MIL concept builds on prior international documents such as
- the Prague Declaration “Towards an Information Literate Society” (2003);
- Alexandria Proclamation “Beacons of the Information Society” (2005);
- Fez Declaration on Media & Information Literacy (2011); and
- the IFLA Media and Information Literacy recommendations (2011).