Access to the internet and social media gives citizens more opportunities to be informed and to make informed choices. However, senior adults do have difficulties in media literacy and therefore as a result it creates new social and democratic threats. Hence, we as NGOs feel the need to contribute to democratic development of the society by providing adult education with media literacy and critical thinking skills. So our aim is to enhance NGOs workers' skills and raise the capacity of our organisation in the field of adult education in the topic of media literacy, critical thinking and digital skills by bringing the expertise and exchanging good practices. Concrete objectives are: Analyze the position of seniors regarding fake news and digitalization Learn from examples of good practice from experienced organisation Create the methodology and tools for approaching seniors in the topic of media literacy and digitalization Deliver new methodology to our target group Create a booklet with methodology and tools we developed
The decision to apply for the "Catching up with digital space" Erasmus+ project was driven by several factors and identified needs within the community, particularly among seniors. The increasing frequency of disinformation in public space and media poses significant threats to democratic development. Studies indicate that seniors over 65 are more susceptible to sharing disinformation and are thus a more vulnerable group within the society. We have also identified a gap in non-formal education, realizing that seniors were a neglected group concerning disinformation and digital literacy. So our need was to fill this gap, get a knowledge and experience in this sphere and create a methodology for adults 50+ and seniors on this topic. Building on our success in youth work, in areas such as media literacy, extremism, and democratic development, it became evident that similar efforts were needed in the sphere of adult education. We decided to expand into adult education, specifically targeting seniors, to fill a gap in addressing the digital literacy needs of this demographic. We responded to the need to make seniors resilient to the disinformation by providing them with the tools and knowledge needed to critically assess digital conte