Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Paul Gordon:

There has been progress in that respect and the Ministers, Deputies Foley and Harris, are consulting on a literacy strategy that includes digital media literacy. It is something that needs to be looked at throughout the life course. There are opportunities, especially in youth work settings because youth workers may be seen as less of an authority figure and is more of an open forum in which to engage in queries. We must treat young people's concerns, their use of social media and the misinformation we see online seriously. We have to understand how they relate to it and have those open conversations.

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