The BLM had developed many activities long before media education and media literacy were integrated in its legal remit. For 2006, a total of approx. 700.000 Euros was made available for the support of projects devised to achieve this objective.
The projects focussing on media education and media literacy aim at enhancing the competent use of the media by children and adolescents. One project involves working with minors pro ducing their own radio, television and video broadcasts, e.g. in the project series “In eigener Regie” which is organised by the BLM in cooperation with the Munich-based Institute for media research and media education (JFF).
“Stiftung Zuhören”, a foun dation aiming at teaching proper listening, is just one of the projects in which the BLM is a partner furthering media literacy. Among other things, the BLM founded the association “Programmberatung für Eltern” which provides assistance for the television consumption of children via Flimmo, a guide published three times a year and updated in its online version every fortnight (www.flimmo.de).