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Within the activity, students found out more about quality journalism, as well as about the responsible media consumption. “An independent media channel has to function like a business. The income obtained from advertising should be enough for covering the costs of maintenance and wages. Unfortunately, in Moldova we have very few of these kind of media institutions. The rest are supported by politicians or by businessmen, who promote in this way their own interests, many times by using manipulation techniques”, Liliana Barbarosie said.
The journalist mentioned that it is really important that all the news, especially the conflict one, presents the points of view of all the involved parts. Also, it is important that all the information is checked before publishing, basing on facts, not opinions. ”A piece of news that starts with someone’s opinion, saying that something might happen, basically is not news, but many times, the media consumers consider it real. This kind of news can be frequently found in electoral campaigns, and later it is proved to be just manipulative information”, added L. Barbarosie.
Being actively involved in the discussions, the students mentioned the fact that media literacy is an actual subject, and the danger of manipulation is many times not fully understood.
“I like to be informed every day, because only by getting information I can be a free person. Still, unfortunately, it seems that in Moldova most of the news tends to manipulate us”, mentioned Elena Prohnitchi, student in the XII-th grade.
Her colleague, Gheorghe Estrati added: “Many of us cannot chose and filter the information showed on different media channels, and the incorrect news that we consume transforms us in manipulated citizens. Information must be first checked, and only afterwards accepted”.
The event took place as part of the project “Promoting media literacy among Moldovan citizens”, implemented by the IJC between March 2014 and April 2015 with the financial support of the US Embassy in Moldova.
