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“INFORMATION&MEDIA LITERACY”

Training Course Syllabus

The objectives of the training course ‘Media Literacy’

In this day and age we are witnessing the rapid development of information

technologies, their globalization, the use of cloud technologies and the widespread

mass distribution of mobile personal digital devices for accessing the Internet among
children, the emergence of a large number of network services and Internet

communication platforms, including closed network communities of unknown origin,
as well as public /basically intrusive/ Internet resources (media texts, advertising,

spam) containing negative and aggressive content, the expansion of the threats of new
networking. Such unprecedented interference in personal information space on

personal devices dramatically increases the need to educate young people on

information security and help them become media literate in order to prevent the

negative consequences of the mass use of the Internet and protect them from

aggressive and illegal information, including fake news as people are at risk of being

exposed to various forms of disinformation, propaganda, violent messages,

indoctrination, and hate speech.

The main course goal is to teach students to understand and critically assess all forms

of media and their content, media industries, and how they affect /young/ people. This

course aims to help youngsters develop an informed, critical, and practical

understanding of new communication media including analysis of digital media. In

particular, they are supposed to explore the methods and approaches of various media

industries, identify the effects media have on people, understand benefits and potential

negative effects of media content, and identify techniques to become more media
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