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Critical Understanding of Media Content
The media critical analysis workshop will provide participants with knowledge for a conceptual understanding of media content. The aim is to identify viewpoints, genres, and patterns of media presentation, and to detect propaganda, censorship, and bias within content. The group of young people aged 12 to 15 is assumed to have insufficient media literacy; however, they are more skilled in…
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Fake News and Conspiracy Theories: How to Fight Them and Protect Gender Equality?
Fake News and Conspiracy Theories: How to Fight Them and Protect Gender Equality?
“Raising awareness of the interested public through presentations on fake news and conspiracy theories in the field of gender equality: Despite technological and social progress, even in the field of gender equality, fake news and conspiracy theories exist. Based on their characteristics, fake news can be classified into several subgroups, such as: false information, which refers to inaccurate information or…
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Fake News and Information Literacy
Fake News and Information Literacy
Participants become familiar with methods of critical thinking (from the field of media ecology) for understanding the strategies behind the production of fake news. They learn how to navigate the abundance of information in the media environment and raise awareness of their own media selves. Participants learn about: the difference between information, misinformation, and disinformation; the effects of fake information…
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