Research about youth, media literacy, and green topics: Echoes of the Digital Age
In the first months of 2024 we have participated in comprehensive research implementation, analysing youth perceptions and interactions with the media in green topics; in Estonia, Portugal and Croatia.
Research has included more than 500 young people, covered 30 documents analysis from the invloved countries, and has identified and presented 30 good example practices and projects.
This publication was issued as part of the MILGreen project, on which we are one of the partners; together with Domas from Croatia, and Agora Aveiro from Portugal.
In today’s world, young people are surrounded by media and are influenced by them. Many of the children and youth are growing up being surrounded by television, video games, tablets and smartphones. As society is progressing quickly, it is important that children and young people are being provided with proper education, especially in fields related to their everyday life. This is where media literacy comes into play.
Media literacy represents an important competence, which consists of use skills, critical understanding and communicative abilities.
In a post truth era, media literacy became an important topic, especially related to environmenatal awareness. It has to be highlithed that traditional media and advertisements are promoting different unethical practices and consumption, which benefits environmentally destructive industries. Therefore, we need to know how to read, anayse and question messages we receive, especially when we plan our actions and sustainable choices.
Having in mind all of the challenges mentioned above, this research dealt with various aspects of media literacy.
- In the first section of the document below, we present the current state of play in each of the countries where research was implemented – Estonia, Portugal and Croatia. In this section, you will be able to find out more about the policy context and we have analysed more than 20 policy documents and other resources important to have in mind when talking about this topic.
- The second section is dealing with the results of the research we have carried out in the period of January to March 2024, where you can get acquainted with the new insights in the field of media and critical thinking, with a special focus on green and environmental topics.
This part will conclude with the recommendations for various stakeholders. - The third, and the last, section is presenting the examples of good practices from three countries. We have analysed 30 good practices and talked with 60 youth workers who are implementing these activities.
Explore more into the research, by checking the available downloads below.
