{"id":4044,"date":"2010-10-29T06:56:36","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T10:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2010-10-27T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T21:21:08","slug":"uk-regulator-targets-digital-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=4044","title":{"rendered":"UK regulator targets digital literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consumers.ofcom.org.uk\/2010\/10\/media-literacy-bulletin-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"e-bulletin\" src=\"http:\/\/consumers.ofcom.org.uk\/files\/2009\/09\/lit-bull-headline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>The UK communications industry regulator, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, has <a href=\"http:\/\/consumers.ofcom.org.uk\/2010\/10\/media-literacy-bulletin-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">issued<\/a> its latest media literacy bulletin [<a href=\"http:\/\/stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk\/binaries\/research\/media-literacy\/media-literacy-bulletin\/mlb-issue-38.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">pdf<\/a>, 383KB], including news of initiatives to increase digital literacy.<\/p>\n<p>There is an article about an initiative called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/connect\/campaigns\/first_click.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">First Click<\/a>, launched by the BBC, in partnership with the Post Office. 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