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FAME- Fake news and sAfe use of online MEdia

2019-3-IT03-KA105-0175292019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: IT|EE|LT|PT|UK|FR|DE|TR|RO|ES · Grant: €8,316
Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningEU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

The FAME – Fake News and Safe Use of Online Media – project aimed at providing new and innovative methodologies and tools for youth workers to help and support young people, and thus the society, to develop critical thinking and media literacy in order to tackle and fight against fake news, disinformation, misinformation and their side effects such as online hate speech, radicalization, extremism, mistrust towards democratic institutions and raise of intolerance. Providing these tools, methodologies and approaches to the youth workers had the objective of helping them empowering and engaging young people in e-participation processes as means to act against these phenomena, as young people have an important role using social networks, media channels and communicating online information in order to build more informed, tolerant and democratic societies. Therefore, the main objectives of the FAME project were to: - Equip youth workers with competences, approaches and methods to better work with young people enhancing media literacy, critical thinking, e-participation and preventing violent radicalization; - Counteract the spread of fake news and disinformation by fostering active citizenship and participation among young people; - Enhance the capacity of youth organisations to promote non-formal education in the field of youth work as well as to strengthen cooperation with youth organisations in EU countries.

Project partners (10)