Media literacy, information literacy and digital citizenship: new agreement signed between CELSA Sorbonne Université and Arcom

Karine Berthelot-Guiet, Director of CELSA Sorbonne Université, and Roch-Olivier Maistre, Chairman of the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication (Arcom), today signed an agreement designed to strengthen cooperation between the leading school of communication and journalism and the regulator in the field of media, information and digital literacy.

Arcom wanted to forge a strategic partnership with CELSA and its courses, in order to raise its profile with students, set up educational initiatives and recruit interns, apprentices and employees trained at CELSA. Regular exchanges between CELSA and Arcom have demonstrated a very high level of common interest in the challenges of media and information literacy and digital citizenship.

"The signing of this agreement is particularly important to Arcom, because we have made education in the media, information and digital citizenship a priority in our roadmap, by creating a department dedicated to this issue and encouraging our sixteen local branches to take up the subject all over the country, to forge relationships with local representatives of the French Ministry of Education and the media committed to this theme. I am convinced that, at a time when false information is proliferating, digital uses are changing and the media's economic model is evolving, information literacy is a major democratic and social issue. Arcom is particularly pleased to enter into this partnership with CELSA, a leading public school of journalism and communication, which provides excellent training for future media professionals, and whose openness to the world and to the transformations of our media landscape is well established", emphasizes Roch-Olivier Maistre, President of Arcom.

CELSA, an internal school of Sorbonne University and member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, wishes to develop its cooperation with institutional, socio-economic and associative circles as part of its multi-faceted mission: to provide training combining theoretical knowledge, professional know-how and academic methodologies in the humanities, social sciences and information and communication sciences; and to promote the professional integration of the student community by working closely with employment players.

"The establishment of a strategic partnership between Arcom and CELSA is the happy culmination of regular and fruitful exchanges between our two institutions. It testifies to a shared interest in the challenges facing education in media, information and digital citizenship. Arcom's recognized expertise on these issues is naturally intended to consolidate the training and professional integration missions to which CELSA is particularly committed. In an ever-changing social, political and cultural environment, it seems crucial to cultivate a shared focus on the challenges of media representation and regulation, the preservation of a pluralist audiovisual supply and the defense of creative freedom.It is with great enthusiasm that the teaching and administrative teams of the "Entreprises & Institutions", "Médias" and "Journalisme" departments are committing themselves to working alongside Arcom as part of the educational initiatives that will be carried out with CELSA students and staff" jointly declare Isabelle Lebreton-Falezan and Thierry Devars, lecturers at CELSA and managers of the Masters programs involved in this partnership.

Under the terms of the agreement, CELSA and Arcom have made strong commitments to :

1) The diffusion of teaching resources dealing with challenges such as media representations (questions of equality, diversity, rights and freedoms, etc.), exposure to screens, respect for royalties, promotion of legal supplies and responsible uses of the Internet.

2) The organization of training courses for students and the hosting of students or teachers for immersion courses, as well as apprentices.

3) The development of educational initiatives relating to media literacy, information literacy and digital citizenship as part of CELSA's "Media", "Business and Institutions" and "Journalism" departments.

4) Arcom's participation in virtual recruitment forums organized by CELSA to recruit interns, apprentices and youngsters.

5) The collaboration of Arcom and CELSA members in academic or educational productions on media literacy, information literacy and digital citizenship.

Education in media, information and digital citizenship is a key issue, above all for youngsters and future professionals in the communication and information professions. Through this new agreement, CELSA and Arcom are affirming their desire to equip each and every one of them with the keys to understanding and analyzing information.

About CELSA Sorbonne Université

An internal school of the Faculty of Letters of Sorbonne University, a leading public school of journalism and communication recognized by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), CELSA, the École des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication, welcomes students and continuing professional education trainees selected for their qualities of reflection and commitment, and trains high-level professionals by combining the acquisition of practical mastery with training in and through research. Researchers, professionals, students and trainees reflect on the metamorphoses of communication and the media, from a long-term perspective and with a focus on the most contemporary phenomena.

The courses, from bachelor's to doctorate level, as well as numerous professional master's options, draw on CELSA's research group, the GRIPIC, a reference team that develops a theory of information and communication processes that is conceptually underpinned and anchored in precise observation of situations, schemes and practices.

About Arcom

Arcom is an independent public authority that guarantees freedom of communication. Its mission is to ensure that the public has access to a plurality of audio and video supplies that respect rights and freedoms, to defend creativity and to contribute to the fight agains unlawful and problematic content on the Internet.

In the field of media, information and digital literacy, Arcom works with the audiovisual and digital players it regulates, as well as with educational authorities, schools and professionals (in all matters relating to royalties). To achieve this, it focuses on three main areas: education in the media, information and digital citizenship (presenting the audiovisual world, proposing educational resources, raising awareness of copyright and promoting supplies that provide legal access to cultural and sports-related content); education through the media (promoting the educational initiatives undertaken by TV channels, radio stations and platforms, the educational resources they put online on their sites, etc.); education through the media (promoting the use of the Internet and the Internet for educational purposes, etc.).); education through media use (encouraging the development of school media and offering support).