Media literacy in Finland is the media literacy policy and the national media education policy document, published by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019.
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Media literacy in Finland — Media literacy policy
The vision of the policy is to improve everyone’s opportunities to develop their media literacy. In the 2010s, media education in Finland has become considerably more extensive than before: the need to promote media literacy has been acknowledged in an increasing number of sectors, and, in particular, a number of new initiatives in media education for adults have been launched. A large group of actors are engaged in media education or develop and support it either astheir main occupation or along with their other tasks.The Media literacy in Finland policy document aims to clarify the field ofmedia education and describe the strengths, values and principles of media education in Finland. This document also highlights areas for improvementand the related social, cultural and technological development trends.
