Project name:
Get your facts straight! (Media Literacy for All Program)
Implementation period:
07.2019 – 08.2020
Partners:
- ALL DIGITAL AISBL, Belgium – Coordinator
- Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka, Croatia
- Fundatia EOS – Educating for an Open Society, Romania
- Stiftung Digitale Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation), Germany
- European Association for Viewers Interests (EAVI), Belgium
- Colectic sccl, Spain
- Global Libraries – Bulgaria Foundation, Bulgaria
- Ventspils Digital Centre, Latvia
- Open Group Societa’ Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Italy
Summary:
The aim of a project is to provide media literacy training to socially and economically disadvantaged students and youth, as well as their parents and/or grandparents.
“Global Libraries – Bulgaria” Foundation (FGBB) is a partner in the project “Get your facts straight!” The Media Literacy for All program, co-financed by the European Commission, will run from 15/07/2019 to 31/08/2020.
The aim of a project is to provide media literacy training to socially and economically disadvantaged students and youth, as well as their parents and/or grandparents. They will participate in individual and joint workshops (students only or parents only and then students and parents together) where they will learn about misinformation and fake news on social media platforms. Our goal is to raise their awareness of these issues through accessible resources and equip them with the skills to support each other.
What is media literacy?
Media literacy in a broad sense, encompassing all the technical and cognitive skills needed to access, use, critically evaluate and create media content, including digital media, which is prevalent today.
What is disinformation and “fake news”?
Misinformation and fake news are two aspects of media literacy and in this project they will be the main topics of our media literacy curriculum. Misinformation and fake news are very common on social media platforms and a phenomenon we encounter every day. The training will leverage existing educational resources and replicate best practices.
According to the European Commission’s public inquiry on disinformation and fake news in 2018, over 97% of citizens claim to have been exposed to fake news: 38% daily; 32% weekly. 74% consider social media and messaging apps to be the main channels through which they come across fake news. The report also states that one of the main antidotes to disinformation is increasing media literacy among students, adults, end users and journalists.
Project Goal – Increasing the media literacy of students and adults.
Main activities:
- Analysis of existing educational materials and best practices on the subject;
- Develop a media literacy curriculum focused on misinformation and fake news;
- Development of separate modules for students and parents (5 hours for each group separately and 5 hours together);
- Training of 14 teachers/trainers from 7 countries;
- Testing the training program with 250 disadvantaged people in 7 countries (20 students and 20 parents per country)
- Conducting short trainings and promoting the developed resources during ALL DIGITAL Week (European Media Literacy Week 2020);
- Running a Europe-wide awareness campaign “Get your facts straight!” with a launch event in Brussels in March 2020.
The project is a key initiative within the Media Literacy Week launched by the European Commission.
The collected resources will become the basis for various organizations (school, NGO, library, etc.) that want to organize media literacy workshops.
The project partners 9 organizations from 8 countries: 2 European networks focused on digital competences and media literacy; 7 national training providers are key media literacy stakeholders who have the expertise and ability to achieve systemic impact through their activities.
The lead partner is the European network All Digital, based in Brussels, with expertise in non-formal education in digital skills and media literacy.
The teaching materials and methodology were developed under the leadership of EAVI, a European organization for media literacy for citizens.