For and against freedom of speech | Rockwood Academy| 2025

News Debate ConnectFutures June25 6 secondary schools took part in this extraordinary Ofcom funded programme to explore media literacy and digital citizenship over the last 7 months. We covered topics around fake news, mis/dis/mal/information, online hate: notably misogyny and racism, incorporating internet culture, memes, edge-humour. The students picked a topic related to Media Literacy that grabbed their attention, researched it, fact-checked it, and analysed it so they were able to debate it in front of the cameras. In this video, secondary school students from Rockwood Academy, Birmingham, voted for by their peers, came to us to film a ‘Question Time’ style debate in a professional television studio at Birmingham City University . They were questioned, challenged and prompted to present evidence related to the topics they debated. To watch the full video showing all the schools, click    • Media Literacy Ambassador Programme| Youth...