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Break the Fake

2019-3-LT02-KA105-0066232019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: LT|HU|ES|EL|IT · Grant: €18,765.02
Inclusion - equityYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Objectives

Fake news as stated in the Action Plan against Disinformation of the EU, ‘ is understood as verifiably false or misleading information that is created, presented and disseminated for economic gain or to intentionally deceive the public, and may cause public harm’. Democratic processes are being traumatized through spreading of ‘fake news’, as long as this phenomenon, restricts the right of citizens to take informed decision. Disinformation undermines the trust of citizens in democracy and democratic institutions. Taking these facts under account, and in accordance with the objectives of the Erasmus+ ‘on enhancing media literacy, critical thinking and sense of initiative of young people’ the proposed project aims on addressing the following three objectives. First of all, it aims on supporting participating youngsters on identifying ‘fake news’, on online level. By analyzing and tracking this phenomenon, in accordance with the sharing of tools with young people on how to identify ‘fake news’ in online media. Youngsters from participating countries will gain the capacity to identify the various ‘fake news’, which exist in the digital world. Additionally, it is targeting on empowering the critical thinking of young people by sharing with them methods, on how to identify the sources of news, while not accepting every piece of information that they confront. On top of that, the suggested project plans on strengthening the civic education competencies of the participating youngsters, by equipping them with the necessary skills to participate in a more structured and informed way, in the democratic processes in national, European and global level.

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