Better Internet for Kids

Understanding how media work — who owns them, what their interests are, and how content is created — is key to critical thinking and protection against manipulation or disinformation.

The online Guide to the World of Media for educators provides a general introduction to this environment, with a focus on the Czech media landscape. 

From 19-30 May, the ninth annual Media Literacy Weeks took place, during which 473 schools and other institutions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia focused on media literacy. 

For the Media Ukkie Days 2024, the theme is "Relaxing with media." The new study focuses on the mental health of children, examining the role of media use and other activities in relation to relaxation for children and their parents. This in-depth research asked parents about how much time their children spend on (digital) activities, who they engage in these activities with, and at what times. Parents were also asked about ways they use digital media to help their child relax. This builds upon insights from previous editions of the Iene Miene Media survey.

This study includes interviews with just over 80 children and young people aged 9–16. The purpose of the study was to strengthen the reliability and validity of “Children & Media” (our study conducted every other year on children's media use during their free time). The study is also part of our work to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child within the Agency's area of operation.

The interview guide covers four overarching themes regarding news, social media, influencers, and computer gaming.

Brochure for teachers and educators who conduct classes about various aspects of YouTube, such as: how youth is using this platform, who are the YouTubers, YouTube as a source of knowledge. Brochure contains four lesson’s scenarios based on interesting YouTube phenomena.

Leaflet is dedicated for parents. It contains the most important information about children’s favorite video platform, YouTube – its opportunities and threats.

This dossier discusses how the media deal with disinformation and the extent to which "fake news" poses a threat to press freedom. The dossier was released in the frame of the awareness raising campaign #checkyourfacts.

This dossier deals with disinformation in politics and is particularly concerned with the question of its influence on the results of political elections. The dossier was released in the frame of the #checkyourfacts awareness raising campaign.

Sometimes parents don’t realize that their child have access to online content from his/her device (family device) which is not considered as “family friendly” or “made for kids” and can be inappropriate to his age – violent abusive or sexually explicit. Child can face harmful content accidentally – surfing on the internet, watching videos or checking social media, searching seen or heard keywords by curiosity or receiving from friends or schoolmates direct links to the content that confuses, scares or upsets the child.

The game is aimed at children in the age of 6 to 9 playing with their parents. In the game the players can take part in seven-year-old Luna or Noah for a week in their lives, exploring together different challenges, joys and dilemmas they may encounter online. Topics that are addressed in the game include screen time, netiquette, passwords, age limits, behavior on social media and privacy - and the web as a fantastic resource, when used correctly.