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Media literacy as social youth activity in the changing digital world

2019-1-BG01-KA105-0620742019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: BG|PL|DE|RO · Grant: €16,141
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningSocial dialogue

Objectives

The project "Media Literacy as a Social Youth Activity in the Changing Digital World" provides the opportunity to 32 youth workers from four European NGOs working with young people - Association Our World - Bulgaria, Future in progress - Romania, Training to Malta - Malta and AMFI - Italy, through non formal learning to acquire media and information literacy, digital competences, assimilating cultural identity and intercultural communication, increase of social and civic position through improving the means of expression and communication. The aim of the project is to support the work of youth workers by providing them with concrete tools to increase their skills to analyse and create their own media products and messages, which can be distributes via different channels of communication. Thus, the beneficiaries of the project will achieve personal growth and will be taught to confront the social obstacles for participation in the social discussions, educational and training activities with the young generation. The work of youth workers, especially those who work in a multicultural environment with youth from ethical minorities is liked to protecting ethics and human rights, personal space and more accessible ways for motivation and communication, as with the youth, as with the community structures and citizens. The beneficiaries are young teachers, youth workers from youth centers working on extracurricular activities, mentors, coaches, social workers, young specialists from local and regional government that all have immediate contact and work with young people from different ethnical backgrounds, immigrants, refugees, who need help with socialization and integration in society. The project provides conditions for work in an international team and enhances the media and information literacy of the participants, trains them for access and cooperation with the media, knowledge of different types of media and information channels in different contexts and for different purposes, learning the essence of creating themselves and media product aiming to promote their work with youth. The non-formal learning offered within the Erasmus Plus Youth Program will teach them to see media as an educational tool for young people in the process of integration of ethnic minorities and overcoming conflicts of racial, sexual, ethnic basis. The project is for 10 months from 10.09.2019. until 09.07.2020. During the mobility in Varna, during the period 20.05.2020-24.05.2020, the participants through joint discussions and workshops, acquire key media knowledge from qualified professionals and acquire practical skills for producing their media productions; learn successful practices of presentation of certain topics; identify, analyze and interpret media products. In the workshop for media literacy, youth workers construct media messages, acquire techniques for impact on the viewer, increase experience for tools communication with the audience. The aim of the training is for the beneficiaries to acquire critical thinking about media productions, to acquire key competences to create their own messages and productions for the purpose of personal expression and objectively reflecting reality; to be able to pass on this knowledge to their students to help them on their way their integration into society. The expression of their civic stance will be highlighted in the training materials developed in the project, the creation of a documentary on the need for critical thinking in the reflection of life situations of disadvantaged young people. The training results will be presented in the exhibition “Capturing reality”, and the electronic manual "Creating media productions as an integration tool for minority groups". The exhibition event will be multiplied in each partner country to assure broader impact and larger dissemination of the results. The expected impact of the training is presented in a personal “Action plan” strategy of each participant, developed during the mobility which they will implement within a month after its completion. For this purpose, the trainers will be available for support and guidelines through closed Facebook group or email contact aiming to help them reach their goal and face the obstacles. The popularization of the results through media institutions and internet spaces gives the opportunity to create a substantial number of indirect beneficiaries. For this aim, the dissemination of results include the creation of a website “Capturing reality”, a Facebook page and Youtube channel with the same name in which will be uploaded the material from the training, the media products created by the beneficiaries, links to free application for editing and filming and other concrete manuals aiming to help reach a wide number of indirect beneficiaries.

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