Training Course: "Media Sapiens" in Czech Republic

Training Course: "Media Sapiens"
12-20 March 2022 | Prerov, Czech Republic

The training course ‘Media Sapiens: Training Course on Media Literacy for Youth Workers’ aims to meet the following objectives:
-to increase participants` knowledge on media literacy (key terms, concepts) with a special focus on the following topics: to analyze and evaluate media messages and differentiate objective information from disinformation and misinformation (fake x real news), construction of media messages, the impact of media messages on public opinion and how media influences creating ‘opinion bubbles’; -to develop participants` skills on building creative campaigns by using media messages with special focus on video making;
-to develop participants` competencies to implicate newly gained experiences into their work with young people;
-to provide the participants with needed input to become ‘digital citizens’ - actively using digital media to engage in relevant social issues; -to create a plan for media literacy activities with the main aim to transfer the lessons learned from the international to local level:
-to increase knowledge on the Erasmus + Programme and to support the establishment of new local, national, and international initiatives addressing media literacy.