Our main goal is to orient young people in a complicated reality of new media, disinformation, misinformation and propaganda.
What are the main topics addressed within the slml project?
Democracy and inclusive democratic participation
Media literacy and tackling disinformation
More objectives in detail:
Give young people necessary knowledge about information flows and news
Give them a more profound understanding of new media. Explain that new media not only exist to share private photos, videos and memes, but it is a powerful tool in terms of information and communication – but it is essential to know how to use it, as anyone can become a content creator.
Provide them with a comparison of different news platforms, peculiarities of news presentation on each of those platforms, social networks.
Provide them with a knowledge on information verification techniques.
Introduce them to service-learning methodology, to get them actively participate in the life of the society by using knowledge provided to them on practice by creating a news media and filling it with content within a certain period of time.
Transmit them an idea of active citizenship, necessity to actively participate in the life of the society.
Explain to them the importance of critical thinking
Activities
Manual for facilitators on Service-Learning
Course for youngsters on different aspects of media literacy
Development of the youngsters’ own media using a social network platform