Announcements

Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2025 will be observed from 24 to 31 October, underscoring the importance of MIL in today’s digital age. The MIL week unites governments, educators, media professionals, youth, and civil society to advance the skills needed to critically access, evaluate, and use information and media. As a key competency, MIL helps address urgent challenges such as misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, declining trust in media, and the rapid growth of AI-driven digital transformations. By empowering people to think critically, act ethically, and understand their digital rights, MIL contributes to freedom of expression, diversity, peace, gender equality, and sustainable development.

At MDPI, we are proud to support this important initiative. Through our open access journals and events, we aim to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to share knowledge, innovations, and best practices that strengthen media and information literacy worldwide. By fostering global collaboration and promoting scientific insights, we contribute to building a more informed, inclusive, and resilient society.

Invited Speakers:

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“Who Really Leads? A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Equity in Leadership of Australian Newsrooms”
by Diana Bossio and Andrea Carson
Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(5), 311; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050311 

“Deepfake-Driven Social Engineering: Threats, Detection Techniques, and Defensive Strategies in Corporate Environments”
by Kristoffer Torngaard Pedersen, Lauritz Pepke, Tobias Stærmose, Maria Papaioannou, Gaurav Choudhary and Nicola Dragoni
J. Cybersecur. Priv. 2025, 5(2), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcp5020018

“Deepfake Image Forensics for Privacy Protection and Authenticity Using Deep Learning”
by Saud Sohail, Syed Muhammad Sajjad, Adeel Zafar, Zafar Iqbal, Zia Muhammad and Muhammad Kazim
Information 2025, 16(4), 270; https://doi.org/10.3390/info16040270

“Australian Value or Political Rhetoric? The Media’s Use of the Fair Go in Australia”
by Ashleigh Marie Pantaleo, Matthew James Phillips, Antonia Hendrick and Brian Bishop
Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(4), 198; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14040198

“Together against “the Truth Gap”: A Proposal to Fight Invisibility and Misinformation Affecting Women”
by Beatriz Martínez Rodríguez
Journal. Media 2024, 5(1), 298-310; https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5010020 

“Incidental Data: A Survey towards Awareness on Privacy-Compromising Data Incidentally Shared on Social Media”
by Stefan Kutschera, Wolfgang Slany, Patrick Ratschiller, Sarina Gursch, Patrick Deininger and Håvard Dagenborg
J. Cybersecur. Priv.2024, 4(1), 105-125; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcp4010006

“Social Media Effects on Political Participation” Guest Editors: Dr. Charu Uppal, Prof. Dr. Vamsee Juluri and Prof. Dr. Ramesh Rao Submissions deadline: 28 Feburary 2026	“Visual Media Literacy in the Age of AI-Generated Content” Guest Editor: Dr. Jacob Groshek Submissions deadline: 31 August 2026