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The Independent Journalism Center summed up the results of the “Freedom of expression and mass media development in Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus” project at an informal event on December 4, which was attended by representatives of Deutsche Welle Akademie, media experts, journalists, trainers, university professors.
Participants shared the experience they got from the activities they were involved in and said that they had still a lot to do to promote media education, because young people need such lessons.
Valentina Enachi, representative of the Moldova University of European Studies, said that participation in media education activities will be useful for the development of a special course for students of the international relations department, where the focus will be on the media factor in international theories. Also, scientific conferences will be conducted at the university, which will address various aspects of media education.
In his turn, Anatol Moraru, professor at the Alecu Russo State University of Balti, mentioned a media education course that will be piloted in the 2016-2017 academic year and said that materials on this topic are currently being developed.
Next, Liuba Petrenco, professor at the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University, will propose an optional course of media education as part of two Master’s degree programs.
Involvement into the media education project proved to be especially useful for Cahul State University deputy director Oleg Danilceac, too. He described this experience as being pleasant and novel, underlining that during the activities with students he saw their curiosity for information about mass media, for understanding what news is and for learning to read the press so as to avoid manipulation.
Petru Cosoi, reporter for realitatea.md and one of the moderators of media literacy lessons for school students, added that interaction with children was an interesting experience for him as well. “For us, it was not so important to tell students about manipulation and how it manifests as it was important to help them see and choose correct information and neutral sources,” he said.
The IJC mentioned that media education is one of its priorities and that it intends to keep intensifying and diversifying media education activities so as to make media consumers aware of the information traps they can get into when they are not careful with the sources they use.
Participants shared the experience they got from the activities they were involved in and said that they had still a lot to do to promote media education, because young people need such lessons.
Valentina Enachi, representative of the Moldova University of European Studies, said that participation in media education activities will be useful for the development of a special course for students of the international relations department, where the focus will be on the media factor in international theories. Also, scientific conferences will be conducted at the university, which will address various aspects of media education.
In his turn, Anatol Moraru, professor at the Alecu Russo State University of Balti, mentioned a media education course that will be piloted in the 2016-2017 academic year and said that materials on this topic are currently being developed.
Next, Liuba Petrenco, professor at the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University, will propose an optional course of media education as part of two Master’s degree programs.
Involvement into the media education project proved to be especially useful for Cahul State University deputy director Oleg Danilceac, too. He described this experience as being pleasant and novel, underlining that during the activities with students he saw their curiosity for information about mass media, for understanding what news is and for learning to read the press so as to avoid manipulation.
Petru Cosoi, reporter for realitatea.md and one of the moderators of media literacy lessons for school students, added that interaction with children was an interesting experience for him as well. “For us, it was not so important to tell students about manipulation and how it manifests as it was important to help them see and choose correct information and neutral sources,” he said.
The IJC mentioned that media education is one of its priorities and that it intends to keep intensifying and diversifying media education activities so as to make media consumers aware of the information traps they can get into when they are not careful with the sources they use.
The event was organized as part of the “Freedom of expression and mass media development in Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and Northern Caucasus” project implemented by the IJC with the support of Deutsche Welle Akademie and funds from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
