ABSTRACT
This study aims to examine the scope of media literacy regulations in audiovisual media legislation in the European Union (EU), EU Member States, and the United Kingdom (UK) and to present recommendations for media literacy for Türkiye’s audiovisual media legislation. In this study document analysis and descriptive analysis methods were used. Firstly, the media literacy regulations within the scope of the AVMSD were examined. Then the regulations in EU member states and the UK were evaluated in terms of compliance with the AVMSD, and the regulations that exceed the AVMSD were discussed. After these analyses, six key recommendations are proposed to strengthen Türkiye’s media literacy framework: 1) establishing responsibilities of video-sharing platforms, 2) providing funding for media literacy, 3) assuring media literacy for individuals with disabilities, 4) designing media literacy for parents, and 5) planning the regular evaluation of media literacy activities, and 6) ensuring cooperation between different stakeholders.
KEY WORDS
AVMSD. European Union. EU Member States. Media Literacy. Media Literacy Legislation. UK.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.34135/mlar-25-02-08
Media Literacy Legislation in the European Union and the UK: Six Recommendations for Türkiye © 2025
by Merve Ergüney, Charo Sádaba, UCM Trnava is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.