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Рy17 December 2015
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The Centre for Independent Journalism continues its series of media education lessons. On November 27, CIJ visited the students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Moldova State University. The media expert, Viorica Zaharia challenged students to discussions about media sources they usually read and how they chose the most reliable one. The students admitted that some “shocking” news misled them many times, because they did not find the right content in the text.
To better understand how a message can be transmitted by means of news and how many versions a piece of news can have, the students were involved in a practical exercise, which convinced them of how important it is for the journalist to have an objective approach to the reality is. In addition, the participants analyzed the structure of the news and the criteria underlying the quality of a material.
Further, the discussions referred to manipulation, how it can be identified and its purposes. The students watched various news and discussed about those elements that can misinform the viewer. In conclusion, they affirmed that they would be able to distinguish a good news from a manipulative one, paying more attention to the accuracy of the headline, the sources the author used, whether the facts were correctly reflected, or if some information had been omitted, if the information presented by the journalist corresponded to reality or if the author’s own opinion was presented.
We wanted to find out the opinion of the students about this media lesson. Loredana Munteanu, IIIrd year student, told us: “I learnt that I had to pay more attention to media materials I read and to distinguish easier a good news from a news written by a non-professional.” Her colleague, Cristina Purice, added: “Even if before this lesson I thought that I can make difference between a manipulative material and a reliable one, only today I learnt the key-elements that a piece of news should contain to inform correctly. We are in an information war, this is why such activities are absolutely necessary to appropriately educate the society. People must know how to correctly inform themselves and to choose reliable sources of information”.
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The lessons of media education are carried out within the project “Freedom of expression and media development in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and South Caucasus", implemented by CIJ during the period May-September 2015, supported by Deutsche Welle Akademie and financed by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development”.
To better understand how a message can be transmitted by means of news and how many versions a piece of news can have, the students were involved in a practical exercise, which convinced them of how important it is for the journalist to have an objective approach to the reality is. In addition, the participants analyzed the structure of the news and the criteria underlying the quality of a material.
Further, the discussions referred to manipulation, how it can be identified and its purposes. The students watched various news and discussed about those elements that can misinform the viewer. In conclusion, they affirmed that they would be able to distinguish a good news from a manipulative one, paying more attention to the accuracy of the headline, the sources the author used, whether the facts were correctly reflected, or if some information had been omitted, if the information presented by the journalist corresponded to reality or if the author’s own opinion was presented.
We wanted to find out the opinion of the students about this media lesson. Loredana Munteanu, IIIrd year student, told us: “I learnt that I had to pay more attention to media materials I read and to distinguish easier a good news from a news written by a non-professional.” Her colleague, Cristina Purice, added: “Even if before this lesson I thought that I can make difference between a manipulative material and a reliable one, only today I learnt the key-elements that a piece of news should contain to inform correctly. We are in an information war, this is why such activities are absolutely necessary to appropriately educate the society. People must know how to correctly inform themselves and to choose reliable sources of information”.
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The lessons of media education are carried out within the project “Freedom of expression and media development in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and South Caucasus", implemented by CIJ during the period May-September 2015, supported by Deutsche Welle Akademie and financed by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development”.
