The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee will next
week take evidence from the Government's Ministers for School
Standards and Online Safety as it seeks to identify whether the
Government is doing enough to improve media literacy standards
among children and adults.
The evidence session is the final one of the Committee's inquiry into media
literacy. During the inquiry the Committee has heard evidence
from a wide range of witnesses including Ofcom, the BBC, Good
Things Foundation and Full Fact, as well as tech platforms
Google, TikTok and Roblox.
Next week's session with Ministers and MP will give the
Committee the chance to quiz the witnesses on evidence it has
received so far and how the Government is approaching the
important challenge of improving media literacy.
The evidence session will start at 2:30pm on Tuesday 10
June in Committee Room 4 of the House of Lords. Giving evidence
to the Committee will be:
-
,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital
Economy and Online Safety, Department for Science, Innovation
and Technology
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MP, Minister
for School Standards, Department for Education
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Chloe Templeton, Deputy Director for
Information Resilience and Public Safety, Department for
Science, Innovation and Technology
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Matthew Hopkinson, Deputy Director - Life
Skills Division, Department for Education
The session will cover key issues such as:
- Evaluation of the Government's 2021 Online Media Literacy
Strategy and whether it has had the impact that was hoped.
- The extent to which the new Digital Inclusion Action Plan
will support future work on media literacy.
- Whether the Government has ‘outsourced' responsibility for
media literacy to Ofcom.
- How the Government will ensure that media literacy is
properly embedded in the curriculum in schools.
- How the Government will ensure that other relevant
stakeholders, including technology platforms and the media
industry, play a role in improving UK media literacy.
