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"FIND OUT AND DISCERN": MEDIA LITERACY OF BUJANOVAC RESIDENTS

16. October 2019.

Bujanovac – The first in a series of media literacy workshops on the Find Out and Discern program, conducted by the IREX organization, with the support of the US Embassy in Serbia, was held at the American Corner in Bujanovac.  

It was led by local coaches, Milena Stankovic and Berat Idrizil, while participants in the workshop were Bujanovac residents of various ages, educational and social backgrounds.    

According to the organizers, the Find Out and Discern program trains citizens in modern media and provides them with information and literacy skills, enables them to identify manipulation, differentiate misinformation from facts and share content responsibly. 

Tatjana Ljubic, the Program Manager, notes that it is important to emphasize that "the program does not teach people what media to use, but how to effectively and critically access information, how to understand our media habits and recognize how and why we emotionally respond to headlines, photographs and other media contents."

"The „Find Out and Discern“ project does not tell people what to consume, we do not focus on information sources. Instead of it, we focus on skills - how to discern information, regardless of its source. The amount of information that we are exposed to today is much greater than in pre-digital times”, Ms. Ljubic said. 

She reminds us that we access information through numerous channels, such as phones, traditional media, billboards, posters, signs on T-shirts, etc.

"This in itself requires the adoption of a new set of skills, so that we could choose what bits of information are good.  That is why critical media consumption skills are key to developing, ”said Tatjana Ljubic, the Manager of the Program implemented by the IREX organization.

You can find out about the following “Find Out and Discern” workshops at the American Corner in Bujanovac, which is located at the Cultural Center in Bujanovac.

Source: Bujanovac News and Coordination Body