Ofcom's August Media Literacy Report

Ofcom today publishes the August edition of its Media Literacy e-bulletin, featuring items on a range of Media Literacy topics from a number of key organisations. We have news of Three's partnership with UK online centres in the form of the Broadband Bus, along with insight into how Social Media Surgeries are helping to contribute to the Big Society. We also have further information on this year's Media Literacy Conference and news from Get Digital, Action Fraud, BT and MTV UK.
 
As well as this, we have the latest on Ofcom's Communications Market Report and campaigns from Media Trust and CEOP.

In addition we've an update from the Nations and some more dates for your diary.

News
 

Three goes on the road with UK online centres
Social Media Surgeries supporting the Big Society
Media Literacy Conference 2010
Sheltered housing schemes get residents online
Taking action against online fraud
BT Internet Ranger of the Year Award
MTV UK invests in content for digital audiences.
 
Research
 

Ofcom publishes the annual Communications Market Report
Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility
 
Campaigns
 

Supporting charities in the digital world
ClickCEOP application for Facebook

The e-bulletin can be found at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/media-literacy/medlitpub/bulletins/issue36/