Media Literacy for Active Citizens

Media Literacy for Active Citizens, Sanem 4th to 11th April 2015 1

Sanem, 4th to 11th April 2015

2 MEDIA LITERACY FOR ACTIVE CITIZENS

Media Literacy Seminar in Luxembourg by Simona ROUDI

he group of adult people from different countries around Europe gathered in

Sanem in Luxembourg with the purpose to learn about media, communication

and active citizenship.

The project which was placed in Sanem, gathered 18 participants from the Czech Republic,

Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, France and Luxembourg. Through different ways of informal

education participants learned the basic concepts about media, communication, identity,

and created different media content.

During the project the participants with different background made several presentation,

played simulation games, theatre, discussion and other workshops related to the media,

they learned how to create videos, make photos, web contents and how to create a

newspaper. Final output was the web site where they presented their work during the

project.

As there was people from different countries,

they spend evenings by learning about other

cultures and their habits, tasted their food,

listened their music, danced their dances,

played their games and learned basics of

several foreign languages.

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Seminar as a part of Grundtvig partnership

The project in Luxembourg is part of the Grundtvig partnership which lasts from August

2013 until July 2015. It is a base to create a long-‐‑term partnership between NGOs

experienced in non-‐‑formal education between partner organization from the Czechs

Republic (Humanitas), France (Together), Luxembourg (Inter-‐‑Actions), Slovenia (Connect),

Poland (EFM) and Turkey (Hep Birlikte).

Partner organizations are aware of the crucial role of the media in today'ʹs democratic

societies. As they wrote in the presentation of the project, a part of being a well-‐‑informed,

responsible and active citizens means also to possess media literacy – to be able to search

and process information, critically analyse information in media and shape one'ʹs opinion.

Because organizations believe, that non-‐‑formal education can be a very efficient for this

purpose, they prepare a project which consists of a Kick-‐‑Off Seminar, four Media

Laboratories and a Final Seminar. After the Seminar in Sanem, representatives from partner

organizations will meet in a Final Seminar in Turkey to discuss the outcome of the project

and to discuss the further options for implementation of the outcomes and other options for

the cooperation among organizations.


UNITED IN DIVERSITY by Monika PIETRASIK

“All your strength is in your union, All your danger is in discord. Therefore be at

peace henceforth, And as brothers and sisters live together”

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

veryone of us is human who has social role in their own family, job and country. We

still create something and take care of this. In 1th 1993 we found a political-‐‑economic

union. How is our awareness of being European like? How are we improving

relations between the members? Do we feel responsible for Europen Union ? What are we doing to

be active ctizens ? Everybody should give answers to themelves for these questions.

First of all every country is different, has another tradition and country, but despite all of these

variances we are humans who have common goals.We want to live in a country

of peace. Every country is responsible for creating area of freedom, security and justice without

internal frontiers. Europen Union is focused on sustainable development based on balanced

economic growth and social justice. Our goals are to build a social market economy -‐‑ highly

competitive and aiming at full employment and social progress also.

So we know now our aims but just in theory. How can we increase the number of active citizens and

use our knowledge? Europen Union gives citizens a lot of opportunities for young people and

adults. Firstly they organise many projects, events, conferences and trainings for us. They are

available for every member of Europe. Despite of the fact that it is quite a young institution and is

still growing we can involve and try to find solutions and propects for better life.

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Being participants of projects is such a great experience. We can obtain a huge knowledge and share

it with other people from your country. International projects help to broaden our mind, build

union and break many borders. Trainings have influence on your skills. You learn how to be

comunicative, open-‐‑ minded and self-‐‑confident.You

reach knowledge which is not just useful for activity in

Europe Union but also for your academic life or work.

Your skills are much better and wider.

Being involved in politics of Europen Union, for example

in Europen Comisson or European organisations, has

influence on your country. If we want to live in a happy

country we should take care of the whole Europen Union.

Despite of many problems in Europe every citizen has a

duty to be an active member, to find new possibilites and

„open new door”.

We should not lose our chances for being valuable people. Involving in issues related with Europen

Union makes us responsible for our happiness and creating common union which helps each other

and makes us better citizens.

Europen Union is a garden of 28 flowers. We are seeds inside and a future of our garden. Are you

aware of this ...?


DO WE KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE? by Roman SCHMIDT

“Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another”

ne of the basic rules of communication says, that we never communicate so effective as we think. The purpose of the communication is to provide information, to gain information, to get together knowledge and experience, to create/prepare conditions for cooperation, to influence attitudes, etc.

How shoud İ provide information with audience?

When talking in front of an audience, it is important to bear in mind:

• Why İ want to communicate • Who is recipient of information • Who delivers the information • How many information İ will provide • How accurate is the information • Which medium İ am going to use.

All of these elements are necessary to make the communication flow works.

The most used communication channel are surely medias. Do we need them?

Television

It is source of information and entertaitment. The first TV set was made in 1929 but the remout control was made 27 years later in 1956. TV became a drug for the young generation which devotes almost all free time to watching TV.

Radio

It is very important invention. From the beginning radio was used for better communicatio among people. Has given important news end directions which has helped many people in wars. Helps to develop our imagination. Help can do all things while listening to the radio.

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Mobile phones

Our grandparents would not have been able to imagine what it is but nowadays almost all people know what a mobile is. We can keep in touch with the others wherever we are. Quality of mobile phones is going up and process are coming down.

Internet

It is vast global network connecting computers across the world. The idea of electronic mailbox was born in 1970s. The www is vast network of information databases.

E-‐‑mails

It is much faster than traditional mail or snail. It arrives in electronic mailbox of the recipients within minutes or seconds.


DO WE NEED MEDIA LITERACY? by Funda & Mukaddes

“Media Literacy is a basic tool for citizenship in an Information Society”

Pat Aufderheide

hat mass media is: all visual and auditory tools having responsibility on

entertainment, information and education. The development of technology and

the usage of social media by everyone have grown exponentially. We cannot live

without looking at TV, reading newspaper, making decisions and phone calls, checking our

cellphones or social networks for notifications and messages and so on… We believe that has a

powerful influence on us. How?

First of all we keep informed about everything around the world via mass media. We can also find

all information we’d like to learn in a short time. We go to places we will never visit or reach

activities we cannot do. Moreover,it is the easiest way to get to know cultures, diversities and

similarities of other countries

better. We have changes to get

socialized. However they help us

develop ourselves in the area of

education.

On the other hand the media

companies want to earn much

more money every day. For that

reason they exploit our feelings

and opinions and shape our

beliefs. The politicians often use

mass media to create false agenda

and shape to propagate their ideas.

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Ads have a significant influence on us and make us consume everything even though we don’t

need. So obesity and anorexia have been one of the most important problems of nations.

From this point of view, media literacy is an indispensable subject so that we can properly

understand and use tools that come into our lives so much. All parents being in the first place with

whole members of societies should do their parts and European Union must support training

programmes concerning with media literacy increasingly.


Relıgıon – only anachronısm of past ages? by Roman SCHMIDT

long tıme ago a man has started to realıze, that ‘somethıng’ was above hım, that

human beıng needs communıty of the others, that he needs to fulfıl not only hıs basıc

human needs as the meal, drınkıng or sleepıng, but he also desıres other human beıngs

around hım, theırs presence, mutual ınteractıons, belongıngs, nearness and the love.

Unfortunatelly durıng ages happened countless sıtuatıons when one human beıng mısunderstood

to the other and the unhappıness or fatalıty was ın the world.

For long ages were relıgıons/faıths/belıef as communıty or confessıon of belıef when people

confess theır personal belıef ın Somebody or Somethıng. Mostly lıke revelatıon of God’s Word and

for ımportant and only one scale of theır lıfe and belıef.

Many world relıgıons are sımılar, but only several of them are untypıccal compared to the others.

They are: Chrıstıanıty, Islam and Judaısm. All of them are about personal belıef, whıch ıs

peofessıng basıc and everlastıng confessıon of belıef, word herıtage, wısdom and knowledge.

The purpose of thıs artıcle ıs not to provoke emotıons and to appraıse any sıngle epızode, ages or

thoughts of relıgıons ın sıngles. All these relıgıons gave and stıll are gıvıng to whole the world

constant values accross ages/centurıes, ın spıte of growıng relatıvısm of all an almost ın all thıng

among us.

One can only agree, ıf we want to be true to ourselves and wıth respect to the others, that our roots

all of us are ın the wısdom towards to God. And God, ıt seems, dıd great thıngs. But how that ıs ın

harsh contrast to our actıng, whıch ıs mostly totally dıfferent from our basıc desıre – love.

And ın spıte of thıs, eventhough we feel hıgher prıncıples of lıfe around us , tooth and naıl we

often defense to keep ınsıde us moral prıncıples and by our actıng we often dısclaım human beıng

ın us and thınk that we can to do everythıng usıng all possıble meanıngs. And as we want more

and more, we are more poor and lost as babe ın the woods.

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So, belongs the relıgıons ınto our century

or ıs ıs anachronısm?

Technologıes or researches of all possıble

matters are more and more perect and

people ın good trust thınk that ıt ıs the

rıght way leadıng to the prosperıty, brıght

tomorrows, however ın the frame of

specıous approach one to another person

we do reverse thıng, we have started

process of alıenatıon ıncludıng relatıvısm

of key human values, whıch we can draw on relıgıons. But ıf we would be conducted by these

values ano not by relavıtısatıng them, ıt could be probably one of ways, how to achıeve the quıte ın

our souls not only as one only sıngle man but also as natıons. Once we lose the respect to the

others, we are gettıng start to fall down the chasm and often turn down the others, mostly sımply

ınfluencıng people.

If all above stated ıs true and ıf we are wıllıng to admıt, that probably there ıs Somethıng above us,

and wıll be wıllıng to be ınspıred by belıef, be sıncere each other, respect each other and please

thınk that God’s message ıs probably for everybody of us. Includıng me and you.

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