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Data: 04/07/2012
NR.: 113
DATA: 04.07.2012
TITOLO PROGETTO: “Turn me on! Youth participation and media literacy.”
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Sandra Laborier (Lussemburgo)
TIPOLOGIA: Gioventù - Training course
ARGOMENTO: Youth participation and media literacy
PAESI PARTNER CHE HANNO GIÀ ADERITO: -
ALTRE NOTIZIE:
Activity date: 24th - 30th of November 2012.
Venue place, venue country:
Youth Media Center - Eisenborn, Luxembourg.
Target group:
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Project managers.
For participants from: Youth in Action Programme Countries.
Group size: 20 participants.
Details:
Project summary
This 5 day training course in English language focuses on media literacy in European youth work as an important component of active citizenship. This project aims at supporting the role of media literacy in European youth work and in this way to contribute to a stronger European youth public sphere. This training course will gather youth workers and multipliers, who work towards media literacy within youth through different media approaches. In this sense media will be treated as a tool that is closely linked to citizenship and civic engagement, as it supports young people's participation in society and in the public sphere. In accordance with Non Formal Education trainers will plan a learning process based on interactive participatory methods.
Background
The place of media in our lives has become more and more important. The last decades witnessed strong technological changes that impact several dimensions of our lives, including the way we communicate and how information is produced and shared. Throughout history media changes proved to have the ability to alter the identity and size of the audience. The development of mass media allowed messages to reach large numbers of people. Digital based communication introduced more flexibility in access levels and audience size, for example. New technology allows virtually everyone to become a media producer and to spread information through various channels. This relatively affordable technology in our society supports a paradigm shift from a one-to-many to a many-to-many. Media is more than ever present, information is ubiquitous in our society, sources are multiple. Dealing with such a multiplicity is very challenging and an important social aspect, as people, who share the space physical space might not share identical spaces of identification. Youth is a very specific group: they tend to be more prone to technology developments and novelties. At the same time they face several challenges, related to youth transition into an adult autonomous life and all its related challenges. One very important task of a youth worker should be to support youngsters in understanding the way media works, its influence in their lives and dealing with available information and the multiplicity of its sources.
Aims:
• To support the role of media literacy in European youth work;
• To contribute to a European youth public sphere.
Specific objectives:
• To deepen the understanding of media literacy;
• To discuss the social role of media literacy, in particular within youth;
• To compare contexts of youth media work;
• To exchange best practices in media projects and initiatives;
• To share methods and tools on media literacy work with youngsters;
• To discuss the role and potential of these projects and initiatives for youth media literacy;
• To develop individual media competences by inviting participants to share skills on different media formats;
• To explore needs, potentials and strategies for co-operation in the future;
• To develop an action plan to be realised in participant's everyday job.
Costs:
This project is financed by the Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses. Before applying please contact the NA of your residence country to check if it is involved in this concrete project and committed to cover travel costs.
Working language: English.
SCADENZA: 2nd of September 2012.
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