by Julia Cooke, Ofcom, United Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Ofcom, the UK\u2019s independent communications regulator, media literacy is everyone\u2019s business. A media literate population with the skills to critically assess the content they see, and with the skills and tools to shape their own media experiences, is better able to participate in civic life and in society more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Media literacy has been an important part of Ofcom\u2019s role since we were established in 2003. We are delighted to share that last month, following consultation and engagement, we have published 10 Media Literacy Recommendations<\/a> for online services, broadcasters, streaming services and other content-related service providers, such as generative AI services. Together, they set out what we think \u2018good\u2019 looks like in supporting media literacy, and aim to help create content and media environments that will actively empower users and support critical engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We know that online services have high-attention relationships with their users, and broadcasters, including public service broadcasters (PSBs) have high-trust relationships with their audiences. This means that while the way they do things might differ, online services and broadcasters are uniquely placed to support the development of media literacy skills for their users and audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The recommendations are set out in four groups: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The first two groups are intended for online and content-focused services that aggregate, distribute and publish content to reach audiences. They focus on how these service providers can best design their environments to enable informed choice and empower users in real time. The remaining recommendations extend to all service providers, including broadcasters and streamers. The recommendations are designed to achieve four broad outcomes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We will review and revise the recommendations in 2029. In advance of that, we will report on how service providers have adopted the recommendations. To learn more about the ten recommendations, you can read Ofcom\u2019s recommendations<\/a> and the consultation documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is just one part of our Making Sense of Media<\/a> work, so if you\u2019d like to find out more, for example about our research<\/a>, sign up to our media literacy bulletin<\/a> or have a look at Ofcom\u2019s three year media literacy strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Julia Cooke, International Policy Manager – Online Safety, Ofcom, United Kingdom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Julia Cooke, Ofcom, United Kingdom. For Ofcom, the UK\u2019s independent communications regulator, media literacy is everyone\u2019s business. A media literate population with the skills to critically assess the content they see, and with the skills and tools to shape their own media experiences, is better able to participate in civic life and in society […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,276,272,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-lifelong-learning","category-media-literacy","category-uncategorised"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/files\/2026\/07\/Capture-decran-2026-07-01-133010.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Chlo\u00eb P\u00e9t\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/author\/chloe-pete\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47491,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47414\/revisions\/47491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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