EDMO (European Digital Media Observatory) at a glance:
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) brings together fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and academic researchers to understand and analyse disinformation, in collaboration with media organisations, online platforms and media literacy practitioners.
EDMO will deploy a platform to support the work of a multidisciplinary community with expertise in the field of online disinformation. EDMO will contribute to a deeper understanding of disinformation relevant actors, vectors, tools, methods, dissemination dynamics, targets, and impact on society.
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Who Leads This Effort?
Under the leadership of the European University Institute in Florence (Italy), which relies on the expertise of its School of Transnational Governance and Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, EDMO is a partnership that also includes Datalab at Aarhus University, Athens Technology Center, which provides the technological support and is also coordinating the Social Observatory for Disinformation and Social Media Analysis (SOMA); and Pagella Politica. Under the guidance of an independent Advisory Board and the Executive Board, which includes the five
heads responsible for each of the core tasks listed below, the consortium brings together stakeholders in the field of disinformation, while maintaining the independence and impartiality of the partners in the execution of the project. All members of the consortium have a strong experience in analysing the online disinformation phenomenon and are used to working with policymakers, public and private actors (including media organisations, journalists, media literacy experts, and online platforms) with a multi-disciplinary applied approach.
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EDMO (European Digital Media Observatory) at a glance:
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) brings together fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and academic researchers to understand and analyse disinformation, in collaboration with media organisations, online platforms and media literacy practitioners.
EDMO will deploy a platform to support the work of a multidisciplinary community with expertise in the field of online disinformation. EDMO will contribute to a deeper understanding of disinformation relevant actors, vectors, tools, methods, dissemination dynamics, targets, and impact on society.
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Who Leads This Effort?
Under the leadership of the European University Institute in Florence (Italy), which relies on the expertise of its School of Transnational Governance and Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, EDMO is a partnership that also includes Datalab at Aarhus University, Athens Technology Center, which provides the technological support and is also coordinating the Social Observatory for Disinformation and Social Media Analysis (SOMA); and Pagella Politica. Under the guidance of an independent Advisory Board and the Executive Board, which includes the five
heads responsible for each of the core tasks listed below, the consortium brings together stakeholders in the field of disinformation, while maintaining the independence and impartiality of the partners in the execution of the project. All members of the consortium have a strong experience in analysing the online disinformation phenomenon and are used to working with policymakers, public and private actors (including media organisations, journalists, media literacy experts, and online platforms) with a multi-disciplinary applied approach.