Through the exhibition, Nis elementary school students are learning how to recognize fake news
(Source: Južne vesti) Students of Niš primary schools can see how important it is to recognize fake news and what media literacy is at the Press Council exhibition “Media literacy against fake news”. It was opened at the Branko Miljković Elementary School in Niš, and at the beginning of December it will move to high schools in Niš.
With the help of teachers of Civic Education and the Serbian language, students in an interactive exhibition analyze the news in order to learn what false information is being imposed on them on the Internet.
Just as there is language, information and computer literacy, there is media literacy. We have never needed it more than today in the 21st century, because we are exposed to a large number of media. Television, radio, newspapers, internet, social networks. There is a lot of media, and even more news and information that can be inaccurate and false – says school principal Tijana Randjelovic.
She sais that within the subject Civic Education, children learn about the ways in which the media influence young people, about the values that are promoted and the problems of negative influence on the formation of young people’s personalities.
The key is in education. If young people adopt the right values in time and are able to think critically, they will be able to avoid all the pitfalls of media language – she points out.
In the coming days, the exhibition will be viewed by students of other grades with their teachers and they will be reminded of the main rules in writing news, reports and interviews.
The exhibition consists of four “totems” that stand in space and offer students answers to questions: why fake news is bad even though it is fun, what is misinformation, who usually spreads fake news, what is the role of influencers and celebrities in all of this.
The exhibition “Fake News” was realized within the project “Building Confidence in the Media in Southeast Europe and Turkey – Phase Two”, which was supported by the European Commission and UNESCO.