To those we failed to mention in one way or another – and to everyone who believed in this project... thank you.
2. Foreword
2.1.
Project’s Background
Nowadays, digital media skills are needed for almost every aspect of life, especially work and citizenship. Digital skills are necessary as more and more people in all different sectors of society are creators and consumers of content. The problem that the Get It Right Project addresses is the absence of critical thinking of citizens, of young people especially, that leads to reckless social and political actions. Therefore, the main aim of the project is to develop the skills and abilities of young people that will enable them to analyse the abundance of information they are exposed to every day. The project idea started from the permanent aspirations of Romanian Youth Movement for Democracy in developing young people's skills in order to become active citizens. Starting from the premises described above, the project had the following objectives: 1. Developing new skills and competencies of 18 European youth workers in the field of media literacy in accordance to EU values; 2. Developing new abilities related to interpreting/analysing articles and using social media in a responsible way for 180 European young people during the implementation of 9 experimental laboratories in the participating countries; 3. Raising awareness among 5000 people from the involved European countries about the importance of critical selection of content, recognition of catchy and false information or the evaluation of the messages using relevant strategies. Get it Right Project reached a significant number of participants: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
18 young people from all 3 participating countries: Ireland, Greece and Romania, were trained to facilitate workshops on media literacy in their communities; Over 240 participants at the experimental laboratories – local workshops on media literacy facilitated by the trained young people; 60 teachers/ youth workers – participants attended multiplier events in all 3 countries; 5000 Internet users were informed about the research conclusions, the developed handbook and other useful information regarding media education.
This handbook is a deliverable of the project that is meant to help facilitators acquire a better understanding of media literacy. It includes different methods used by young people during the experimental laboratories in their communities. By using methods included in this
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