Media Literacy: Organizations

This list of organizations is made up of advocacy groups whose focus is educating the public about the importance of media literacy skills. The organizations on this list provide resources for a variety of audiences and contexts.

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  • Action for Media Education (AME): Our “mission is to move children and youth, as well as those adults who are concerned with their well being, from a position of passive media consumption to one of interacting with the media as active, critical, and creative consumers and producers.”
  • Association for Media Literacy (AML): “[A]ims to support educators, parents and caregivers – all community members – in their understanding and appreciation of how media work, how they are organized, and how they produce meaning.”
  • Center for Media Literacy (CML): “[A]n educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and evidence-based educational resources nationally and internationally. Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture. The ultimate goal is to make wise choices possible.”
  • Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL): “[P]rovides tools for educators and the media industry to advance critical analysis, use and creation of quality media content.”
  • International Association for Media Education (IAME): “[B]ringing together organizations and individuals dedicated to promote and support media education. We do this by sharing information, knowledge by engaging in the key debates that shape media literacy at the European and international level. IAME membership is open to anyone involved in the field of media education. Whether you are a teacher, student, researcher, or educator, you are welcome to join a collaborative community of experts.”
  • International Council for Media Literacy (ICML): “[A] non-profit organization dedicated to advancing media literacy as essential for our global society.”
  • Mass Media Literacy (MML): “Our mission is to ensure that all students are taught the critical thinking skills needed to engage with media as active and informed participants in the 21st century. Through education, research, advocacy and networking, we bring critical Media Literacy education to schools and communities.”
  • Media & Learning Association (MLA): “[I]nternational, not-for-profit association…to promote and stimulate the use of media as a way to enhance innovation and creativity in teaching and learning across all levels of education in Europe. Members include national and regional agencies charged with the promotion of innovation in teaching and learning as well as universities, ministries of education and school networks.
  • Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA): “[A] cross-sector initiative bringing together organisations and individuals sharing a common belief in the power of media and information literacy to help people lead happier, healthier, safer and more productive lives.”
  • Media Education Centre (MEC): A non-governmental organization (NGO) promoting “Media, Peace and Information Literacy in the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, new media pedagogy, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace.”
  • Media Literacy Now: “[L]everages the passion and resources of the media literacy community to inform and drive policy change at local, state, and national levels in the U.S. to ensure all K-12 students are taught media literacy so that they become confident and competent media consumers and creators.”
  • MediaSmarts: “[A] Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy. Our vision is that children, youth and trusted adults have the critical thinking skills to engage with media as active and informed digital citizens.”
  • National Association of Media Literacy Educators (NAMLE): “As the leading voice, convener, and resource for media literacy education, NAMLE aims to make media literacy highly valued and widely practiced as an essential life skill. NAMLE envisions a day when everyone, in our nation and around the world, possesses the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication. Media literacy education refers to the practices necessary to foster these skills.” NAMLE is free to join and has a broad range of media literacy resources.
  • The News Literacy Project: “[A] nonpartisan education nonprofit, is building a national movement to advance the practice of news literacy throughout American society, creating better informed, more engaged and more empowered individuals — and ultimately a stronger democracy.”
  • The Trust Project: “[A]n international consortium of news organizations promoting standards of transparency and working with technology platforms to affirm and amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion, and fairness so that the public can make informed news choices.”