Media Literacy & Resources

Think Before You Amplify

The digital information environment moves quickly. A misleading headline can travel across thousands of phones before anyone asks where it came from.

A stereotype can become a meme. A rumour can become a narrative. And a narrative repeated often enough can begin to shape how entire communities see one another.

ActiveCitizen provides practical tools to help citizens pause, question, verify and communicate more responsibly.

Toolkit

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How to Start a Conversation About Civic Cohesion

A practical guide for citizens, community organisers, educators and groups who want to begin constructive conversations about identity, difference and belonging.

Media literacy

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Before You Forward It

A simple media-literacy guide to identifying suspicious claims, inflammatory framing and manipulative content before sharing them.

Dialogue guide

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Talking Across Difference

Useful principles for having difficult conversations without turning disagreement into hostility.

Research brief

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Campaign research briefs

Condensed briefs drawn from the campaign's analysed survey findings, written for non-specialist audiences. Published as each region's analysis is released.

Still from the ActiveCitizen campaign explainer on polarisation

Campaign explainer

Understanding Polarisation

We hear the word often. But what does polarisation actually mean? And what happens when political, religious, ethnic or social differences stop being disagreements and become reasons to distrust other citizens?

Watch the ActiveCitizen campaign explainer to understand how polarisation develops, how digital narratives can intensify it and what ordinary citizens can do differently.

What narratives are driving division?

Narrative Watch provides a high-level snapshot of polarising and disinformation narratives identified through the campaign's internal monitoring process.