Media literacy innovative tools for media savvy citizens

Project duration: July 2020 – June 2021

Donor: Embassy of Finland in Bucharest

Objective: through this project, the IJC helped media consumers develop their critical thinking by means of innovative tools and professional media content.

Activities: promoting critical thinking through the cuMINTE podcast and platforms Mediacritica and Media Education, increasing the involvement of citizens in monitoring media content through the platform T(V)E Privește!.

Results: 21 editions of the cuMINTE podcast guided the public in everything that means disinformation, manipulation, and fake news; over 400 teachers, pupils, and students had access to various media education resources, available on the Media Education platform; over 100 cases of violation of the audiovisual media legislation were reported by citizens through the T(V)E Privește! platform. Further details about the results of the project can be found here.