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Combating Media Illiteracy: Youth Worker’s Guide

2019-1-EE01-KA105-0514552019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: EE|AM|EL|MD|GE|IT|ES|PL|RO · Grant: €21,962
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)ICT - new technologies - digital competencesCivic engagement / responsible citizenship

Objectives

This training course aims to spread Media Literacy culture to young people among EU member and neighbouring countries and increase youth participation and quality of youth information by equipping youth workers with practical competences, enabling them to act as multipliers in their society and integrating media literacy in their daily work based on non-formal learning approaches. All participating organisations deal with young people as target groups who have arisen the need of spreading knowledge, skills of Media Literacy among the youth during different projects. Proceeding from high interest of target groups, youth workers and their organisations the project was discussed with them and was written according to their suggestions. Empowering capacities of youth workers and their personal and professional development is much relevant to strengthen the quality of civil society and ensure broader impact. Getting acquainted with Media Literacy and Civic Journalism deeper is very important for promoting values, beliefs and attitudes that encourage youth workers to act as advocates of spreading and receiving unbiased and true information. Participants will learn to ask questions about the content and context of a specific item, show critical attitude towards media, analyse it politically, socially, economically by asking deeper questions about what lies behind it: who profits from it, what is the real purpose driving production and distribution, etc. They will act as promoters of values, beliefs and attitudes that encourage young people to act as advocates of spreading and receiving unbiased and true information. They will learn how to use media literacy and media tools to achieve better results in their work, to make it more efficient and to ensure a safe online environment for the youngsters. Thus they will become multipliers of social and Civic Journalism, critical thinking, learning the culture of ML. Through enhancing their own skills they will contribute to raising the quality of the services provided by their organizations as well. The objectives of the project are to: 1.Develop youth workers' critical thinking and critical media skills to question, evaluate and analyze what they hear and read 2.Encourage youth workers to become active, engaged media consumers, users, disseminators. 3.Increase youth participation and quality of youth information through promotion of Civic Journalism among their targeted young people. 4.Enhance youth workers' competences for multiplying Media Literacy. 5. Integrate Media Literacy and its tools in youth work. 6.Facilitate networking and further co-operation between participants and their organisations for issues concerning Media Literacy across EU member and neighbouring countries.

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