Mediappro European Conference

« 50 millions young Europeans on line. What do they do ? What do we do ? What to do ? »

June 12, 2006 Brussels, Belgium

New media appropriation by youth, the results of Mediappro, a European research in media education

Introduction :

• Thierry De Smedt (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)

Presentation of the survey: 

• Pier Cesare Rivoltella (Catholic University of Milano, Italy)

National results

• Belgium : Patrick Verniers (Media Animation)
• Denmark : Birgitte Tufte (Center for Higher Education – Copenhagen and North Zealand)
• Estonia : Veronika Kalmus (University of Tartu)
• France : Isabelle Breda (CLEMI)
• Greece : Sophia Aslanidou ( School of Pedagogical and Technological Education)
• Italy: Pier Cesare Rivoltella (Catholic University of Milano)
• Poland: Justyna Wenglorz (Foundation for Economic Education)
• Portugal: Vitor Reia Batista (University of Algarve)
• United Kingdom: Andrew Burn (London Institute of Education)
• Quebec: Luc Giroux (University of Montreal)

Recommendations:

• Evelyne Bevort (CLEMI – France)

Round Table with the participation of:

1. Janice Richardson (Insafe project manager)
2. Jacques Piette (University of Sherbrooke, Quebec)
3. Patrice Chazerand (Secretary general ISFE, Interactive Software Federation of Europe)
4. Thaima Samman (Microsoft France)
5. José Carlos Abrantes (Diário de Notícias, Portugal).

Open Discussion

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

Synthesis and interpretation:

• Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

with the support of the European Commission / Safer Internet action plan