2.5 Towards a participatory culture? by EUN Partnership aisbl

Tamara V., Croatia

2018-02-13 12:29:11 UTC

Students should challenge the information they find on the internet. Students should also get more creative with the information they find and use.

Bryony, Devon, England

brose12 — 2018-02-13 12:53:57 UTC

Teaching children about media literacy, including how to create and communicate online, could contribute to a participatory culture, as it would allow children to carefully produce publications, such as blogs, videos etc. about the things that are important to them. This would allow them to create communities working towards positive goals and changes that they would like to see in the world. If taught well enough, media literacy would allow children to evaluate which publications and messages are positive contributions to this process, and which are not.

Anna, UK

Educational_Life_CIC — 2018-02-13 14:18:59 UTC

this is a fascinating subject and one that could link into history, literacy and geography.
I want to really think and plan a bit before saying much more. Brilliant, thank you! *The cogs are turning*

Alan, UK

akilcoyne2 — 2018-02-13 14:36:22 UTC

We need children who are encouraged to challenge everything they read/see, from Primary age.
We, as teachers, need to nurture this. Active learners rather than passive consumers. All this content has been thoroughly thought provoking.

Malgosia/Pl

mbkulesza — 2018-02-13 15:05:58 UTC

Media is changing the way students learn.. The role of teacher is to show students how to participate in digital environments with intelligence, skill, and literacy and engage them in cross-cultural exchange and ultimately greater crosscultural understanding. Digital exchanges can help students and teachers build connections with their colleagues abroad and to develop an international perspective.

Lidia, Romania

lidiaristea2004 — 2018-02-13 15:26:08 UTC

Not all information posted on the Internet is real, students can sometimes not distinguish between real and false information. They have to must learn to be selective in reading information on the Internet.

Paulo Dionisio, Portugal

paulo_dionisio — 2018-02-13 15:52:36 UTC

The news spread and advertised on social networks are not all false. It is incumbent upon us, teachers, to teach students to select and distinguish between real and false news and to explain that learning in the digital environment is useful as active citizens in society

arpinegevorgyan — 2018-02-13 16:38:58 UTC

Ester Degennaro,Italy

esterdegennaro — 2018-02-13 16:41:41 UTC

Times are changing and digital media changed the way we communicate significantly . . Our students have to use critical thinking when they read some information on the Net. We could contribute on this way to contribute to a participatory culture appropriately. Our duty is to develop social, digital skills and cultural competencies at school.
DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE DQ
Written by Yuhyun Park, Chair, infollutionZERO Foundation

Müge,Turkey

muge_kalay — 2018-02-13 16:41:49 UTC

As teachers our aim is to develop social,cultural and digital qualifications at school.We have changed our teaching system.We are using 21st century tools at school.Using web 2.0 tools and having projects on eTwinning make them more creative,skillfull and active citizens in life.

Anja, Croati

anja_cupurdija91 — 2018-02-13 17:00:38 UTC

We will be numb without media. But there is thinking that media is bad for us. Lot's of project now is digitalized and includes variety of people.

Sonia, Italy

corsostrumenti — 2018-02-13 17:10:40 UTC

I think that being aware of how communication works can help shape the way people communicate and in the end help them produce more creative work as it becomes apparent that ideas are the richness for 21st century. I think that plagiarism and recognising the sources of our ideas will become more and more important in the future.
(image credits: https://wolfgangsuetzl.net/2011/11/20/cultures-and-ethics-of-sharing/)

Lucia Musmeci, Italy

2018-02-13 17:25:36 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a partecipatory culture because media allows to partecipate to creation of culture.

Virginia Muntean, Romania

virginia_muntean — 2018-02-13 17:32:43 UTC

The increasing access to the Internet Is now integral part in the expansion of participatory culture because it makes people to work collaboratively; generate and disseminate news, ideas, and creative works; and connect with people who share similar goals and interests . More the media literacy increases, more the age of media literacy decreases, more we see the potential of participatory culture in our lives. Media has become indispensable, and it changes everything - it's influence touches every single section of activity, making possible the global participatory culture.

Andrea

andrea_citta — 2018-02-13 17:47:56 UTC

Only being aware of media and their power we can really build a partecipatory culture. The only way to do it, is to make all people able to choose what to share, what to buy, how to defend...

Carla Langella, Italy

profcarla_langella — 2018-02-13 18:10:45 UTC

If school, as an institution, refuses to take into account the changes global society is going through, then it renounces its educational role. Our purpose is to teach our students to be citizens, that is active members of the future society, that is producers on the web, not merely passive consumers.

Aura, Romania

2018-02-13 18:15:55 UTC

Media literacy could contribute to a participatory culture, in my own opinion, only if people are agreed to appear in media only news that involve evolution of their lives. The adult must be open minded , but know the limits of a good thinking promovated in media

Drita Sulejmani, Albania

DRITA — 2018-02-13 18:27:46 UTC

Participatory culture is an opposing concept to consumer culture — in other words a culture in which private individuals (the public) do not act as consumers only, but also as contributors or producers (prosumers).

sevim hazar-turkey

sevimhazar05 — 2018-02-13 19:06:59 UTC

Today most of us rely on technology for our studies. We all use it for either completing any task, for our classes, studying before an exam or even to learn something we have an interest in.

There are different platforms on the web that allow us access to various types of information. If any of us want to have a broad idea about a topic we can just type it in the Google search bar. If we do that, then we are most likely to find among the first results Wikipedia articles, or even YouTube videos. Both of these sites are composed of massive quantities of information that users/humans like you and I input every day. Sites like these rely on the contributions of millions of users around the world. What we do when we add something to them is actually contributing to a whole system of shared and public information accessible to virtually everyone, everywhere.

Maja Hadžić, Serbia

2018-02-13 20:29:11 UTC

Be careful what one posts about himself/herself, respect other people's privacy, ask for permission to publish, don't give negative comments on other people's work, think critically (which content is true and which is not), etc.

Dumitra, Romania

zdd_myx — 2018-02-13 20:35:28 UTC

By relying on computers, children are able to focus on more real-world applications that require critical thinking. Students learn and create together, they learn through projects.

Mateja, Croatia

89mateja_petrovic — 2018-02-13 20:45:22 UTC

I believe that, above all, people need to be aware of everything coming from the media. It does not all have to be understood as it is written but taken with a sense of security. The media can help us a lot, but it may also be difficult if we do not use them properly. Pupils today create their own blogs and blogs and connect with people all over the world, it is an advantage if we have been taught beforehand about the dangers they may encounter and how to

Irina/Latvia

statnukairina — 2018-02-13 20:53:43 UTC

Media has become indispensable, and it changes everything - it's influence touches every single section of activity, making possible the global participatory culture.

Only being aware of media and their power we can really build a partecipatory culture.It is important to include creativity for new media literatures - as part of a wider participation culture - in formal education.

Patrizia, Italy

2018-02-13 21:31:34 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture, but we must favor a positive approach to the Internet without behaviors that can damage those who use it.

Dan, UK

2018-02-13 21:34:08 UTC

The digital world and media massively influences the way we live share knowledge, skills and support engagement. Digital media offers fantastic opportunities to support participatory culture.
- People can participate in global learning or community experiences with minimal barriers regardless of geographical location.
- Media provides opportunities offer a strong global community spirit with likeminded people.
- Provides an informal alternate platform
- Participators feel their contributions are valued
- Media enables participators to support others, caring about others opinions

FILOMENA BIANCO, ITALY

2018-02-13 22:29:28 UTC

I think media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture because it allows people to generate and share new ideas that can really help people to build a better world. To achieve this goal, it is essential to mark the positive features of media literacy to the new generations, fighting the negative ones. And in this, as parents and teacher we have the greatest responsibility.

Alma, Bosnia and Herzegovina

almasal78 — 2018-02-13 22:47:52 UTC

It offers great possibilities for learning and sharing no matter where do you live.

Maria

prof_mm2010 — 2018-02-14 07:25:55 UTC

Snjezana KOvacevic, Croatia

knjiznica_zlata — 2018-02-14 07:30:57 UTC

Parents and teachers need to teach children hoe to use media in a responsible manner. If we teach them to become media literate, children will gain skills for lifelong learning and they will know how to use informations on the internet for for learning purposes. Using technology in an appropriate and secure environment is useful because children exercise coordination, tey have access to various informations, they gain lifelong skills, manage problem solving, use ICT moderately, offer them interactive and quality sources online, etc.

Silvija, Croatia

2018-02-14 08:52:32 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture if it is used in the way that does not insult anyone, We have ti teach our students how to use it in the right way and then we and them will have benefits from it.

Natalia Grushko, Ukraine

zoriana010167 — 2018-02-14 10:25:40 UTC

Media literacy is allowing students to understand and analyze messages and media content they meet in everyday life better and also acquire the skills they need to perform their role as a citizens fully. It contributes to safeguarding the pluralism and independence of the media.

Maria Rosaria Tafuro

tafymar — 2018-02-14 10:35:11 UTC

I think that media literacy highly contribute to participatory culture, intact our culture is as a puzzle where everyone does his part in a global world where geographical frontier are weaker than in the past

Alessandro Michele, Italy

2018-02-14 10:37:19 UTC

I think that media literacy can contribute to a better culture.

Linda, Italy

LindaGiannini — 2018-02-14 11:50:29 UTC

Participatory culture is an opposing concept to consumer culture — in other words a culture in which private individuals (the public) do not act as consumers only, but also as contributors or producers (prosumers). The term is most often applied to the production or creation of some type of published media. Recent advances in technologies (mostly personal computers and the Internet) have enabled private persons to create and publish such media, usually through the Internet. This new culture as it relates to the Internet has been described as Web 2.0. - cfr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_culture

Maria, Spain

2018-02-14 11:59:14 UTC

People learning by each other. I am learning a lot from Henry Jenkins
https://civic.mit.edu/blog/schock/henry-jenkins-participatory-culture-politics-and-learning
Key elements include low barriers to participation, strong support for sharing, informal mentorship, members who feel that their contributions matter, and who care about others' participation. Participatory cultures reward participation. 'Not everyone must participate, but everyone must believe that if they participate it will be valued.' The author is Mr Jenkins. Learning by sharing. Nice idea: Dream or possible? Inclusive knowledge, everyone is able to teach something important they know and everyone can learn from others who knows somethig important for us. Sometimes the most important things are the apparently smallest.

Alina Gimbuta, Romania

gimbutaa — 2018-02-14 12:00:51 UTC

For me, a participatory culture it is a culture of engagement in action. Media literacy can be a jump-bridge for a responsible action in real life, but also can develop attitudes, can share values, norms ,which will be able to transforme the real and virtual life of the people in the directions of durable development.

Maria Luisa, Genova, Italy

2018-02-14 12:55:26 UTC

I think that the media Literacy is an essential contribution to the cultural and economic development of a democratic society, and the educational policies of many countries.
It is no longer enough to know how to write, read and count. In the context in which we live it has become essential to learn to read and write with the media. The same convictions have been affirmed by UNESCO: for the information society to be a pluralist, inclusive and participatory society, it is more than ever necessary to provide all citizens, and in particular young people, the skills to know how to decipher information, take the necessary distances for a critical analysis, use it and be themselves producers of contents. I agree!

Paty , Querétaro México.

2018-02-14 13:06:35 UTC

Media literacy is culture for me. If you are not aware of Media literacy how can you be a teacher? how can you perform a regular work? Use the bank or buy stuff. Is like becoming out of date because you don't want to learn new concepts and ideas. The world is rolling either with you or without you.

Dilajla, Croatia

2018-02-14 13:14:31 UTC

Media literacy is nowadays a culture with a lot of advantages and even more disadvantages. It is essential part of our lives and the conclusion is that we are addicted. Due to that, the definition of culture has been changed.

Nadya, Bulgaria

innovator68 — 2018-02-14 14:48:46 UTC

Media literacy is culture for both students and teachers. It is essential part of our lives and the conclusion is that nowadays students, even teachers are addicated. All of us have to be responsible - students, teachers and parents.

Daniela Brancaccio, Italy

exenia83 — 2018-02-14 14:59:29 UTC

As I see it, media literacy is a fundamental aspect of the present day culture. It is culture in itself, since a conscious and aware use of the ICT is necessary in order to deal with the changing world of media and communications.
Students, teachers and parents have to acquire media literacy competences , in so doing they will be able to take part in a real participatory culture and benefit from its many positive aspects withouth being influenced by its negative ones.
Finally, media literacy, if well taught and widespread, is a fundamental way to enlarge the social, economic and educational horizons of a democratic society.

Athanasios, Hellas

2018-02-14 16:19:43 UTC

Media literacy may help to emerge values like collaboration, unselfishness, altruism and provide the social tools in order to move towards a fair, balanced and democratic society.

Maria Mona, Romania

namoloiu_mona — 2018-02-14 17:07:01 UTC

Media literacy is a way for students to be critical thinkers. By seeing things with a critical eye, they will see the problems in the society - locally and globally. And I really think that critical thinking and media literacy will eventually make them realise that they have to take part in solving those problems, or trying to find solutions. In conclusion - media literacy leads to participatory culture.

Camilla Ciaccia - Italy

camilla_ciaccia — 2018-02-14 17:15:52 UTC

Media Literacy is essential to the development of culture and society if we conside that media play an important role in our everyday life. So media literacy can help the consumer to use the net and the media in a conscious and safe way
https://www.tesionline.it/consult/brano.jsp?id=13031

Leticia Reiris - Uruguay

lreiris — 2018-02-14 17:27:05 UTC

I think that by developing media literacy skills we help students become active and critical digital citizens. That leads to being part of a participatory culture, where they are not just passive consumers but active actors in the digital community.

Zvonko Gašparović, Serbia

gzvonko62 — 2018-02-14 17:35:22 UTC

The increasing access to the Internet has come to play an integral part in the expansion of participatory culture because it increasingly enables people to work collaboratively; generate and disseminate news, ideas, and creative works; and connect with people who share similar goals and interests. That's why I think media literacy contributes safer and purposeful using internet and leads to participatory culture.

Felicia, Romania

felicia_daeu — 2018-02-14 17:44:46 UTC

Media Literacy is an essential skill for students nowadays, they learn how to actively participate in order to change the society.

Ana Marques, Portugal

2018-02-14 18:08:36 UTC

In the face of an explosion of new media and technologies, young people
are encouraged to develop skills, knowledge and tools that promote their participation in contemporary culture.
The school is a place of education for life in the digital society and should allow for the development of creativity, the promotion of informal and collaborative learning, communication and participation through the exploitation of new digital media, helping students to become aware of the work representation and codification of reality by the media.
http://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/comsoc/article/viewFile/1277/1219

Cristina Barbara, Malta

cristinabarbara205 — 2018-02-14 18:18:28 UTC

I believe that media literacy can help students become critical thinkers. They can be encouraged to consider what they are seeing online and question its validity and reliability. It can also help children and youth consider how they can participate in their society to bring about awareness on online safety and making positive changed in the world around them #onlinesafetyMOOC

Timos, Hellas

2018-02-14 18:50:18 UTC

have to learn soft skills & media literacy in order to bring society where they want it to be

Jale, Turkey

atasalar — 2018-02-14 19:00:11 UTC

Having competency as technology user could lead to increase awareness for safety internet use with critical thinking skills.

Maja Medic, Serbia

margyvp — 2018-02-14 21:57:13 UTC

Everything is a click away. If you want to learn, see or understand something, you CAN. The big issue is to raise the level of awareness of these possibilities and to have the opinion of your own. THINK! It opens enormous number of doors, to do, be active, create, share, discover, participate, communicate...

Lucia Italy

2018-02-15 08:32:28 UTC

I think that media literacy is an excellent opportunity To increase your knowledge, connect with the world but we must not lose sight of our creativity.
We must strive to reason even with our brains that do not always draw from that of others

Andrew, Malta

2018-02-15 10:28:40 UTC

If one looks back 25 years, and thinks about how people could be participative in a society, you realise what advances we have made through media literacy. Nowadays it is much easier to share your opinions, ideas and beliefs through social media, forums and the likes. Being digitally competent has become a must in today's society.

Višnja, Serbia

nastavnicavisnja — 2018-02-15 10:29:26 UTC

I agree with Henry Jenkins, and I liked the way he made comparison through the history. The access to information is much easier, but there is too much information online. Sometimes the amount of information and possibilities make young man confused, and many prefer to stay aside, that`s one problem. I think that the first thing for the teacher is to teach students to surf through internet safely and wisely. After that, we can help children to start some action in school, and then local community. That way they can see on the local level participation. It is better to start with baby steps, but we shouldn`t discourage them to start some bigger idea, or join the bigger movement.
Yes, I think that it makes it more easy to participate, but the filtering ideas, information and aims are skills the schools should scaffold them with.

Elif, Turkey

1Elif — 2018-02-15 11:27:49 UTC

Everyone must learn how to distinguish fake and real news, how to behave on a social platform. We just read,watch something to reply or forward, actually we must read and listen to understand.

Lili, Macedonia

lilibitola — 2018-02-15 11:45:50 UTC

In our world today, media literacy is very important for every person to be confident and safe using information, communicate with others, get, share and create knowledge. It is a first step to involve our students to participate actively in society, under validation and encouragement given by the teachers and other adults who are participating in children's education, training and in process of growing up.

Daniela Rubagotti Italy

DRubagotti — 2018-02-15 16:34:10 UTC

The digital media represents a revolution in the spread of information and in the creation of the culture like Gutenberg did with the invention of the modern press. In the same way the media literacy constructs the culture in a new manner. I found an interesting material in Italian language:
https://prezi.com/uq5pgzjnwwie/cultura-partecipativa/

Emma Giurlani italy

emmauffa1 — 2018-02-15 17:10:38 UTC

I totally agree with Henry Jenkins when he underlines the importance of a creative involvement of young people using media and reusing the inspiration they get from them to translate it into positive "political" actions. I think he defines very well the crucial role that we as teacher have. Growing up is a process where adults and young people have a common path to treat together.Nobody must be left behind: digital media can play a crucial role in education if they are used critically and if they lead to a creative and critical approach to life,They are an important part of our daily life .The worst thing that we as adults can do is to leave them out of school. If supported by an innovative methodological approach to education they can surely be " part of broader participatory culture – in formal education, as well. In turn, this may lead to broader civic engagement among young people"

Maria Grazia - Italy

mariagraziasassu — 2018-02-15 17:44:35 UTC

Media play an very important role and I think that media literacy must be an integral part of the school curriculum to can help the students contribute a participatory culture. Media literacy is, also, an excellent opportunity to learnig them to use the net and the media in a conscious and safe way.

Milijana, Serbia

2018-02-15 18:14:27 UTC

The media literacy of the 21st century is very important. I try to develop media literacy in children in different ways. It is important that they do not gain resistance to the new capabilities of the technical devices they own, but to use them for educational purposes and to strengthen their media literacy.

Trini from Spain

matrinpe — 2018-02-15 18:35:06 UTC

I agree with the important of media literacy and its contributions to a participatory culture but We need to teach our pupils e the information properly, develop a critical thinking,
follow rules and respect others.

Lucia, omania

2018-02-15 19:18:10 UTC

Media literacy is very important for us and she must be an integral part for school curriculum. The access for information must be useful in our life because we comunication whith other and learn to participate to change the world.

Ivana, Croatia

ivana_milasin — 2018-02-15 20:51:45 UTC

Because information is shared constantly, fast and without censure, so we all must know how to use them and how to incorporate them in our lives to be helpful to us.

Andreja, Croatia 2.5 Towards a participatory culture?

j_andreja22 — 2018-02-15 21:51:42 UTC

We have to teach students about the benefits and opportunities that the internet and social media can bring, but also highlights the potential threats and dangers they can present. We should help students to become media-literate and responsible citizens of the future.

Sanja, Jagodina, Serbia

ninaandrija — 2018-02-15 23:58:18 UTC

I agree with Henri's idea that Participatory Culture is very important and gives the opportunity to create a new world - a better environment for a young person. Accessibility to all information and experiences of other ensures a young man to create and seek the best opportunities for himself. Then he becomes socially active and advocates his own ideas and changes for the better. He will accumulate the benefits of others and improve his own skills, knowledge and opportunities. Our obligation at school is to support pupils to be active, but also to instruct them to be safe and wise on the Internet.

Pedro, Portugal

pedro_dias1 — 2018-02-16 00:18:06 UTC

Teaching media literacy means that our students will learn about the fantastic opportunities that the Internet and social media open before them, as well as become more aware of the risks they may face. If they are made aware of the dangers, they might feel a desire to get involved and create alternatives. Also, exploring and developing media literacy in our students will mean that they are more alert to notions like intelectual property and plagiarism. That should open a door to more creative work from them.

Juan Carlos Navarro (Spain)

2018-02-16 06:47:09 UTC

Media literacy can our students make them feel free in the sense that they will be able to use digital tools in order to produce participatory culture...but are governments interested in creating critical students? Are our schedules as teachers and students flexible enough to introduce media literacy in our classes? We are the force to change people's minds and I can assure that our students' curiosity is high enough to take advantage out of it. In a culture of copy and paste is also important to teach students that they have to mention the autor of the creation if they were not the authors. We go ahead with the course...I am really enjoying it a lot.

Rossella Rutigliano, Italy

2018-02-16 09:45:34 UTC

Teaching my pupils aged 16-18, media literacy, including how to create and communicate online, could contribute to a participatory culture, as it would enable them to carefully produce publications such as blogs, videos, etc. This would allow them to create communities that work towards the positive goals and changes they would like to see in the world. If well explained, media literacy would allow children to evaluate which publications and messages are positive contributions to this process and which are not.

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settimosigillo — 2018-02-16 10:42:03 UTC

I believe that media literacy can contribute to greater awareness of digital citizenship at local and European level.

Raluca, Isaccea Romania

raluca8584 — 2018-02-16 13:44:39 UTC

Teaching media literacy meets the needs of students to be wise consumers of media.

Cristina Elena Voicu, Romania

voicuelena18 — 2018-02-16 14:09:13 UTC

Every time I have the opportunity I teach my students that they must take responsibility of their own post on social media, to keep in mind that the Facebook is not a private space, but by our law it's consider Public space so is important to respect others, to have a respectful language, because otherwise they will suffer the rigors of the law. That is just an example, but the rules are the same all over the Internet. They digital footprint is very important for their future.

Borhan,Romania

magdasiionut — 2018-02-16 16:06:42 UTC

Teaching media literacy means that our pupils will learn about more aware of the risks they may face. If they are made aware of the dangers, it is a first step to involve our students to participate actively in society, under validation and encouragement given by the teachers.

Maria, Portugal

mariatiago — 2018-02-16 16:36:21 UTC

Teaching media literacy can contribute to participatory culture. Teaching them to mobilize their skills; giving them a guidance to contribute to their community issues; engage them and prepare them and recognise them for what they 've accomplished outside school, will prepare them to think politically and make part of the process of changing our society; for being better citizens.

Thomas:Ireland

knockans — 2018-02-16 18:48:05 UTC

Digital Media Literacy empowers a participatory culture through its realtime dynamism. It creates digital journalists and indeed digital editors offering opinions to audiences they would probably not be allowed engage with through the print medium editorship. Of course this right must be equally balanced with personal responsibility.

Iuliana, Romania

dannylyee — 2018-02-16 20:58:28 UTC

It is important to make students aware of the importance of online media, but at the same time they should be aware of the risks they take for everything they post online. Social sites, the online space in general is public and students should be very careful bout the information they provide, the pictures they upload, the unknown people behind pictures and words.

Draženka Kuzman, Croatia

drazkuzman — 2018-02-16 21:44:38 UTC

We have to learn our pupils about benefits that the internet and social media give to us. But, we have to learn about the potential dangeres on internet. We have to direct our pupils to safe and responsible use of modern ICT

Karen Farrugia, Malta

karenfarrugia37 — 2018-02-16 22:56:16 UTC

Today, millions people across the world have the ability to post, quote, film, or create whatever they want. Aided by these platforms, the ability to reach a global audience has never been easier. The increasing access to the Internet has come to play an integral part in the expansion of participatory culture because it increasingly enables people to work collaboratively; generate and share news, ideas, and creative works; and connect with people who share similar goals and interests.

Mina ( Filomena ) Italy

2018-02-17 11:00:46 UTC

Media literacy contribute to better our life but in the same time doesn't permitt to digital nativites the real risks because they were born in this time so it is very important formal education for preserve themselves to many problems .

Maria, Malta

maria_cluett — 2018-02-17 13:37:33 UTC

Media Literacy contributes towards participatory culture which leads to digital citizenship. Teaching our pupils and students to be good online digital citizens while taking care of their digital footprint gives them a sense of responsibility as to how to communicate online, respecting themselves and others equally.

Maria, Malta

maria_cluett — 2018-02-17 13:45:00 UTC

Media literacy contributes towards participatory culture. Teaching our pupils and students to be good online digital citizens while taking care of their digital footprint gives them a sense of responsibility as to how to communicate online, respecting themselves and others equally.

Brenda, Italy

2018-02-17 14:52:01 UTC

There are many ways that media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture. By sharing knowledge, skills and opinions we can take part in global learning almost anywhere on the planet. E-Twinning projects in schools are a fine example of this.
Not only can we learn about different opinions but we can also let our own opinions be considered, and feel that we all have something to contribute towards a more inclusive and hopefully more tolerant global culture.

Sonila Shehu

sonilashehu — 2018-02-17 15:02:14 UTC

Its important for us get in touch with changing of nowdays, and be resposable for ourselves and for our students too.

Lidija, Croatia

2018-02-17 15:24:24 UTC

Media literacy affects the culture of participation.
If you know the rules of the internet, you are more cautious. You do not visit all the pages. You recognize fake news.

Astghik Karapetyan Armenia

markosyankarapetyan1973 — 2018-02-17 16:01:45 UTC

Because information is shared constantly, fast and without censure, so we all must know how to use them and how to incorporate them in our lives to be helpful to us.

Lina Steponavičienė from Lithuania

step_lina — 2018-02-17 16:47:53 UTC

Integral part in the expansion of participatory culture because it makes people to work collaboratively, generate and disseminate news, ideas, and creative works and connect with people who share similar goals and interests .

step_lina — 2018-02-17 17:04:24 UTC

Towards a participatory culture? How can media literacy contribute to a participatory culture?

Emiliana Rufo, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2018-02-17 17:45:25 UTC

I think teaching Media Literacy to students could help them be more aware of what happens when they are online. They start using their critical thinking to develop strategies to live in a digital world made up of virtual connections and devices. Knowing the rules and social dynamics will help them growing up and live in this period of technological change, it will help them face online problems such as cyberbullying and cyberstupidity by improving their sense of responsibility and digital citizenship.

Annalisa, Italy

2018-02-17 19:30:48 UTC

I think that we can foster and contribute significantly to a participatory culture only if media literacy becomes an integral part of school curriculum from primary to secondary school. It’s fundamental to involve parents as well in this process because they too need to be informed and should give positive examples to their children.

Martina, Croatia

2018-02-17 20:17:41 UTC

Pupils should know the benefits of the internet and they have to use it. They also have to be aware of all the risks and be careful and recognize good and bad things on the internet.

Daniela, Croatia

ddanci — 2018-02-17 21:03:08 UTC

Media literacy is the common part of everyday life. Students have to learn how to use all informations from there and to be critical.

Veturia, Romania

sesermanv1 — 2018-02-17 21:38:47 UTC

I think media literacy allows you to get involved in the life of the global community; personal expression is no more individual than shared. Education in media literacy must keep up with the contemporary culture of youth, including the culture of media production, combining new tools and contexts of changing use.

Giuseppe, Italia

2018-02-17 21:48:44 UTC

Media literacy has to be one of the pillars of knowledge. It's a matter of fact: the ict are more and more becoming the way we work, communicate, learn and organize our lifes... So a new awarness, learning this key skill from schools, is a unavoidable challenge for us like teachers and for the society as education community

In my country there are still inequalities in young people's access to new technologies, and those who access are not always worried about reflecting on their online experiences and can not themselves develop the ethical standards needed to deal with a complex and diverse social environment online. That is why media literacy is fundamental at the level of education.

2018-02-17 22:30:03 UTC

Marina Salvador, Portugal

Anna Maria , Italy

amricci1000 — 2018-02-17 23:05:55 UTC

Entering the world of media literacy would allow students, teachers and other staff involved to enrich the training of each individual, certainly taking into account the risks due in all its forms that must be marginalized through the knowledge of the rules and regulations in place.

Oksana Yevchuk, Ukraine

america2 — 2018-02-18 07:17:46 UTC

Participatory culture is the thing we only begin to teach in my school. There are so many useful ideas to be implemented. Thank you for the possibility to be a part of the group

Maria Rosaria Gismondi

mariarosariagis — 2018-02-18 07:29:46 UTC

We can foster participatory culture just by including ICT competences in our curriculum. Each teacher should be aware and practice those skills.
It should be a cross-curricular subject and should be considered a powerful tool to safeguard the rights of people

Vassiliki Boltsi, Greece

phoebe1_gallika — 2018-02-18 12:12:58 UTC

Reading and writing is no longer enough as a colleague wrote here before....It is absolutely necessary to teach and learn media literacy since they are present in our daily lives. They affect our lives in a direct or indirect way. We have to protect ourselves but also use it effectively as companies or individuals do.

Andra, Romania

avpescaru — 2018-02-18 13:06:32 UTC

By teaching Media Literacy, we help our pupils develop critical thinking. This way they become aware of their condition, that of consumers and producers of media, they start to consume critically and to be more aware of all the risks they are exposed to daily.

Maria Pia, italy

mariapia_cascone — 2018-02-18 14:25:04 UTC

Media literacy shoul be a cross- curricular subject.It develops critical thinking which is an important skill useful for all school subjects.Furthermore as we can avoid using internet it would help us use it appropriately.

Corina Diana Teleagă, Brasov, Romania

corinadianat — 2018-02-18 16:03:13 UTC

I like to think that each of our pupils has something to share to the entire world. Each of them is good at something and we need to find about because he or she is an important part of who we are as a humankind. Media literacy helps people all around the world, of different ages or social conditions, to express themselves as valuable contributors at participatory culture.

Antonia, Italy

antonia_ricigliano_0369 — 2018-02-18 16:36:28 UTC

Media literacy helps developing critical thinking, it helps teenagers growing up and facing online probelms. It should be a crosscurricular subject.

Rodica, Romania

2018-02-18 16:48:39 UTC

I believe that media literacy can increase the quality of the participatory culture. Being good digital citizens while online, our pupils and students will respect themselves and others equally and they will communicate online with more responsibility.

Nella, Italy

nellaricci20 — 2018-02-18 17:13:53 UTC

Technology has opened new avenues for communication, collaboration and the circulation of ideas.
Media literacy plays a fundamental part in the expansion of participatory culture, because it allows more and more to collaborate, generate and disseminate news, ideas and creative work and to connect people who share similar interests and objectives.

Claudia, Italy

2018-02-18 17:16:15 UTC

Including media literacy in the formal education is a necessity today, because children and teen agers stay online, but don't know the risks of the net or of their behave in the net. Media literacy can create good digital citizens and a better partecipatory culture.

Corina, Moldova

cebancorina10 — 2018-02-18 17:34:53 UTC

Besides the four basic skills taught at the English lessons, media literacy gives the chance to develop critical thinking and problem solving skill. It gives the possibility to create and to share all the works with all your school mates and even more, abroad, outside your school. This became a 21st century skill.

Draženka, Croatia

2018-02-18 19:38:09 UTC

Media can participate in raising social awareness in the field of interculturalism and gender issues, can contribute to solving the problem of violence and the development of information literacy, and their structure and principles can be used in the organization of teaching.

Suzanne, Ireland

BFT — 2018-02-18 20:54:53 UTC

Teaching Media Literacy supports a participatory culture at local, national and global levels. Students effectively become digital writers and can be supported to share their opinions on issues to new audiences but also to be exposed to new perspectives and possibilities to inform their own thinking. Participatory cultures develop and enhance critical thinking skills. They learn that their contribution matters. Media Literacy informs students of their online responsibilities . In the creation and participation in vlogs, blogs, websites, interactions with forums and online collaboration students become more aware of the concepts of copyright and plagiarism. ICT is the main way in which students engage with others. Media Literacy skills will afford students the opportunity to collaborate and participate responsibly and safely.

Paty Treviño. México

ptrevino — 2018-02-18 21:21:16 UTC

In my opinion, media literature IS a participation of cultures.
It is not possible to separate them, what exists in the media is created by cultures from all over the world.

Although some cultures participate more than others, it is impressive to see how some groups that previously did not have attention, now do.

And the media literacy is a cooperation and contribution of all of us.

And the behavior of people in the network is a reflection of the behavior of th culture.

Doinita B., Romania

2018-02-18 21:52:05 UTC

In the digital age, a teacher changes substantially the role from the primary source of information to the one that prepares students to intelligently participate in informational and intercultural exchanges. To be skillfully used, the digital environment involves the literacy of those who use it - teachers and students. The digital environment can be exploited for intercultural exchanges and for intercultural understanding, for establishing relationships with students from other cultures, and for developing an international perspective on socio-economic life.

Nataša, Croatia

pionirska1 — 2018-02-18 23:09:08 UTC

Technology has opened new avenues for communication. By teaching Media Literacy, we help our pupils develop critical thinking. hey start to consume critically and to be more aware of all the risks they are exposed to daily. Students have to learn how to use all informations from there and to be critical.

Teresa, Portugal

2018-02-18 23:54:21 UTC

Internet is an open door to the world, we can learn a lot (about anything we like) by using it and we can also use it to express our thoughts and opinions. If we improve our students' media literacy, they will know more about its dangers and potentialities and so they will be able to use to organise themselves and have a word on what is going on both localy and globaly.

Denalih Torres, Mexico

2018-02-19 01:54:23 UTC

Leading towards "Think critically".
That should be the objective.

Violeta, Lithuania

vilite771 — 2018-02-19 10:19:42 UTC

we cannot control everything. We just have to be and teach others to be aware and stay alert.

Lucia,Italy

luciacaccioppoli — 2018-02-19 11:05:37 UTC

I think Media Literacy should be part of the curricular subjects. Students are often asked to use the net for didactic purposes We must help them develop critical thinking but at the same time inform them about the risks they may run using the internet.This way they will enjoy sharing ideas and taking parts in forums or chatrooms

Gratiela, România

2018-02-19 16:15:24 UTC

When it is based on values, on common goals, media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture, in schools. In formal education, we can include media literacy in curriculum-integrated projects such as eTwinning. Students can communicate, collaborate and create project products together.

Pedro F., Portugal

2018-02-19 17:17:48 UTC

based on the definition of media literacy as well as the use of the media, a community can add value to itself by having the opportunity to give a voice to each one of its elements or to itself as a whole

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2018-02-19 18:27:21 UTC

In order to promote a participatory culture, we have to include media literacy in our school curricular subjects.

Katarina, Croatia

2018-02-19 20:13:29 UTC

Inetrnet is a place where we can learn a lot, but also a place where there is a lot of danger. As a teacher, it is my job to teach children to recognize false news, develop critical thinking, and teach them to identify the good and bad sides of the internet

Johann Thorsteinsson

johannth — 2018-02-19 20:37:17 UTC

I think that if young people are more capable to use social media and creative apps to share with others, they will participate more and their voice will be heard. Also when faced with the challenge of sharing their own story on the internet they develop critical thinking.

Crina, RomaniaMedia literacy helps people all around the world, of different ages or social conditions, to express themselves as valuable contributors at participatory culture.

ecrinaaurelia — 2018-02-19 22:24:30 UTC

Gabriel (Gabo

g_garcia2 — 2018-02-20 01:43:51 UTC

By expanding opportunities for participation for everyone who wants to join.

Iuliana, Romania

ispiriuliana — 2018-02-20 07:04:58 UTC

There are some educational sites, though many deck cookies, yet we can share many good things there.

Chiara Sabatini - Italy

chisab72 — 2018-02-20 07:20:29 UTC

Media literacy is very important for all of us and for our students too. In fact being able to move around on the net safely and competently is useful even to take part in projects, in discussion about any topics, for example there are local administration which set forums online for the citizen to add their opinion. In this case and in other cases it is important to know how to behave and also what to take into account and what not to.

Cristina Mihut, Romania

mihut_cristina — 2018-02-20 08:56:16 UTC

Media literacy is very important for pupils. This is a form of education, personal and professional development. The media reflects the degree of civilization of a people. For young people, the media is a lifestyle.

TIZIANA Italy

2018-02-20 09:05:59 UTC

Media Literacy is really important, because our students get in touch with technology, Internet and many different kind of media outside the school and I think that our duty, as teachers, should be teach young people how to deal in a safe way with technology. We can't exclude technology, we must teach how to deal with it

GHIULNAR

2018-02-20 11:11:33 UTC

Media education can contribute to a participatory culture by communicating with students about this topic.

Bojana, Croatia

bjovetic — 2018-02-20 13:03:07 UTC

If we learn our pupils about media literacy they 'll be more cautios on internet and the pages they visit.

Stanley,Nigeria

stanonyedika — 2018-02-20 15:32:21 UTC

In a digital age media literacy aids our ability to contribute to the issues of society that pertain to our lives.Technology has collapsed distances and so we can reach each other with less effort.Our young ones must however master the basic rules of interaction on the net before they plunge into it.This of course will make them be responsible contributors and avoid pitfalls

Jessica Bof, Belgium

jessicabof — 2018-02-20 18:37:26 UTC

It could be important to have the kid to think that we can share on Youtube by passion or because we want to communicate a special message to try to change something in the world. They can dream of a whole new world and find partners to join or to understand. Kids must discover more than dreaming about having a youtube channel with 100000 followers. Not just being a youtuber to earn money from brands... Internet helps big ides too:

Argiro, Greece

Argiro_ — 2018-02-20 19:18:09 UTC

Participatory culture can be enhanced by media literacy, since a conscientious "digital citizen" is able of using wisely the positive sides of technology in order to promote inclusion and acceptance.

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Alexandra A, Romania

2018-02-21 11:59:47 UTC

Media literacy can help fight discrimination. By meeting people from all over the world, getting virtually in contact with other cultures can heal the wounds of discrimination!

Nadezda Novakova, Czech Republic

2018-02-21 13:33:37 UTC

Media literacy is an essential part of the succesfull and happy lives of our students. The knowledge and understanding of the meaning of the word SHARE which they use all the time may help them to feel more part of the participatory culture. It all goes far to the past - sharing information has always been particiatory.

Mara, Italy

2018-02-21 14:02:52 UTC

I think it's very important to have a media literacy because it allows people to connect, to share and to exchange ideas and works; in fact now it is easier to publish, you don’t have to know the specific language

You can also find information on more and more topics, but you must be careful because there are risks.

António Gonçalves, Portugal

afgoncalves61 — 2018-02-21 18:59:54 UTC

One, can only participate if have the knowledge to, meaning the rules, the vocabulary, the syntax, etc...In media, literacy is as important as in citizenship.

Ivana, Croatia

isudaric — 2018-02-21 21:40:04 UTC

Media literacy is very important to be able to use what is good and recognize what is bad.

Clara Elizabeth Báez - Italy

2018-02-21 22:17:45 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture, because everyone can participate, know new culture and thinks, but is very important to know the risks they will enface and to prepare each other how to behave.

Tânia Pinto

2018-02-21 23:37:54 UTC

First of all, we (comunity, teachers, parents) should give our kids the tools, the knowledge to walk around in a safe way in the internet. Second, we have to involve them in finding soluctions for the everyday problems.

Maristela, Croatia

2018-02-22 18:56:02 UTC

Media literacy is very important especially for kids who receive information from a wide range of resources. Today, it is easy for anyone to create media and through internet news travel faster than ever before. Media literacy should help kids to evaluate information they receive and create media responsibly.

Kristina , Armenia

2018-02-22 19:37:22 UTC

I too share the idea that media literacy is very important particularly for kids not to get confused in he net. Media Literacy helps us to communicate among cultures, to exchange news, to share.

Tiziana Ragusa

facileadirsi — 2018-02-22 19:48:49 UTC

The new culture will be a participatory culture in which everyone contributes. A collaboration between peers, a two-way communication. Only the two sides are the world and you.

Dana Nistor / Romania

danadanistor — 2018-02-23 03:31:46 UTC

http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2010/02/_children_and_young_people.html
Schools need to prepare young people to use these new resources creatively, effectively, and responsibly if they are going to prepare them for the lives they will lead in the 21st century. Such power can be under-used if they are not taught to use it creatively or effectively; it can be abused if they are not taught to use it responsibly. Teachers need to recognize both the risks and the possibilities of these new opportunities for human expression.

Valentin, Romania

2018-02-23 09:02:05 UTC

A collaboration between peers.

simone italy

2018-02-23 15:19:11 UTC

Media Literacy is essential for kids and adult, too.

Patricia, Mexico

2018-02-23 18:29:03 UTC

I believe that the more students are media literate and understand the importance of privacy, copy rights, security, and how to behave online, the more they will be able to participate in a digital culture.

Maria, Portugal

maria_ribeiro — 2018-02-23 19:26:43 UTC

If young people have awareness about subjects like, privacy, copyright, personal data, and of the power, they can join efforts and do the difference for better in society. If they start to create contents that need knowledge and effort, they start to better understand the copyright concept.

Bosiljka, Croatia

2018-02-23 21:26:10 UTC

Teaching media literacy is important for preparing students for participation in aSociety as competent and media literate citizens

Cristina/Romania

lady_blue_ro — 2018-02-24 13:01:18 UTC

The development of society is based on communication and collaboration.Everybody can share something in the field he is more interested in and talented.Also, everybody can learn regardless the age group (kids, teenagers, adults). The internet is the most elaborated space where information can be gathered,stored and shared.Teaching media literacy can prepare the student for the future life in this society based on ongoing development of technology.They are willing to explore and we have the opportunity to guide them through this process relying also on their new ideas. (that they should know how to defend/sustain with arguments).

Işıl - Turkey

2018-02-24 21:16:58 UTC

In Turkey there is a lesson called media literacy and this is very important for praparing students to real life and knowing diifference between real and fake.

Jurga

2018-02-24 21:47:35 UTC

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship

Mariapaola Biondi

paola_biondi1 — 2018-02-25 08:01:30 UTC

II believe it is increasingly necessary to increase the awareness and digital "wisdom" of young people, first of all by defining the terms of a new digital literacy to be integrated in the curriculum, in consideration of the growing weight of participatory culture and learning informal.

It is therefore a matter of encouraging our students towards a more critical evaluation of online content: It is not a question of determining the "real facts" as much as understanding how the political, economic and social context shapes any text, like any text it can be adapted for different social purposes, and as no text is neutral or necessarily of "superior quality" compared to another. So we teachers are called to propose activities that increase the ability to retrieve information, added to "critical thinking" necessary to formulate informed opinions on the retrieved information and awareness on validity and completeness of internet sources, but above all the consequent social and political impacts.

Koralia, Greece

koralia_papadok — 2018-02-25 09:57:24 UTC

Media literacy can be a dignificant factor in participatory culture as with the use of New Technology and Media people can create and share new stuff. It is important that they critically create it and share it.

David, Malta

vishigh — 2018-02-25 12:29:41 UTC

My thoughts on this
https://padlet.com/vishigh/MLD_OnlineSafetyMOOC

Andreea Patrascu, Romania

deea_4ascu — 2018-02-25 13:47:54 UTC

Media literacy contributes to a participatory culture, if the kids are aware that they can learn from the experience of others, experience that is on the internet. Also, if they have any skills (in sport, gastranomy etc.) they can share them and be an example

Piero - Italy

piero_romano — 2018-02-25 14:40:07 UTC

Media literacy is an important aspect of our life; every time we use a PC or a smartphone we are literally
hammered by information, ads, popups and so on .... It's very necessary ti start teaching, discussing and share this new argument in school because our pupils are the "tomorrow people" and they have to be prepared to live in a society even more based on internet and media.

Drago, Croatia It is of great importance for students to become familiar with media literacy, because they can only use a multitude of internet sites more safely.:-)

2018-02-25 17:41:59 UTC

Sara Amidoni

amidonisara — 2018-02-25 21:48:58 UTC

I think that narration and sharing is a really key in using and taking advantage of the Web, and this means creating a partecipatory culture. Obviously as we behave in a certain way in real society we must teach and learn how to develop healthy relationships also on the Web, being aware of the tool we are using.

Mihaela Hendres, Romania

2018-02-26 09:38:41 UTC

Media literacy makes us understand the world we live in and makes us more aware about political manipulation. It is also important for making us be involved in our community and the big community, the continent or the planet. We can do this more responsible, more informed, more effective.

Laura, Lithuania

laurshka — 2018-02-26 10:10:58 UTC

Media literacy includes the ability to search effectively and find, critically evaluate and use responsibly
press, radio and television broadcasts, cinemas, online and other information. This one
the literacy process is understood as the preparation and the ability to think critically and evaluate in the public
awareness of the information in the space, civic and cultural maturity and social skills.

Theodora Zakou - Ioannidou, Cyprus

t_zakou — 2018-02-26 12:17:56 UTC

Media literacy is in my opinion one of the most important skill and competence that our students should have nowadays. The vast amount of information that they can find on the internet needs to be addressed with criticism and caution. Media literacy will help them critically address all issues that they may come across when using the Internet.

Fergal. Ireland

fergal1 — 2018-02-26 13:24:42 UTC

Language Literacy and Numeracy have always been seen as the tenets of the basic education required to successfully live in and navigate our world (At least since the start of the Print revolution) - I think that it is important to continue this idea into the Digital revolution where our students have a new challenge, which is living with and being surrounded by digital media. To be literate within this world should also be seen as a basic tenet of what it is to be educated.

Tamara, Croatia

2018-02-26 15:50:56 UTC

It is important that our students learn about media literacy, so they can develop their critical thinking and can differentiate good form potentially bad Internet information.

Cerasela, Romania

ceraselaiulianamarleneanu — 2018-02-26 17:13:04 UTC

Acquiring media literacy skills might help our students come with better ideas to solve contemporary problems and is the basis for a further better informed and cultural aware grown-up.

Vilma, Lt

2018-02-27 06:11:13 UTC

Media literacy, how is it important in everyoune's everyday? a lot, because it is really worth to learn how to analyse and use media letarecy. What is more, it helps to use all the ways of media without any threat.

Daniela, Romania

dana_mira10 — 2018-02-27 12:52:49 UTC

I think that with media literacy it is easier to form groups with shared interests or find something that suits one or other, that's how I think it can contribute to a participatory culture.

Loredana Romano

loredana_romano1 — 2018-02-27 16:59:44 UTC

Media literacy is important for theachers and students. They have not to be confused in the net. Media literacy helps for a better communication and participation in a society as competent citizens.

Simona, Romania

2018-02-27 17:13:01 UTC

2018-02-27 17:13:03 UTC

It is important that our students learn about media literacy, so they can develop their critical thinking and can differentiate good form potentially bad Internet information. It is also important for making us be involved in our community and the big community, the continent or the planet. We can do this more responsible, more informed, more effective.

Angela De vito

2018-02-27 19:46:38 UTC

Media Literacy is important both teachers and students becauce we can understand how we can use media.

MariaL, Greece

2018-02-28 00:37:00 UTC

Technology changes our lifes and our programms in schools. Pupils go as learning partners every day. For this activity and knowing that the most of them discuss and share on line, media literacy it's a crusial skill.

Alessandra Anna Maria Mei

alessmei — 2018-02-28 08:49:55 UTC

Technology has changed and is changing our life and our communication . The school, as a training institution, has the duty to adapt to these new requests, to formulate and to inform its students on the conscious use of the network, on the participated use of correct and respectful communication. Analyzing the media lityeracy is essential to bring our students to the awareness of their critical thinking necessary for a conscious and responsible web use.

Slavica, Serbia

2018-02-28 10:48:01 UTC

Media literacy should empower our students in all spheres of their interest and prepare them for the concept of lifelong learning. It can also direct them to choose the right cultural content.

Maite, Spain

2018-02-28 12:08:41 UTC

Participatory culture will be a fantastic idea to enrich our knowledge and to make of us more participative people. I think it is very important for student´s to acquire this idea.

Rossy, Mexico

mcajiga — 2018-02-28 16:45:32 UTC

best practices of technology, can allow creators to do marvels with all the possibilities this offers, from recording a movie with a cellphone to expressing ideas . A participatory culture will promote this being shared, to collaborate to be part of something bigger.

Veronica, Italy

vb_keohane — 2018-02-28 17:53:25 UTC

Dr Jenkins offers a very persuasive and optimistic view of the role of media literacy in leading to a participatory culture. He also indicates how important it is not to leave any kids behind in the natural development from playing around with media, as he sees it, to becoming aware of how to become a good citizen. This is a strong endorsement of the fact that kids don't need adults or teachers to snoop behind them but to watch their backs in a protective way. Teachers should be able to encourage this progression in schools during lesson time.

Ivana, Croatia

ivana_suto — 2018-02-28 18:05:45 UTC

Todays children are born computer literate our job is to guide them down the right path to became responsible citizens in the virtual world.

Zita, IRL

zitad — 2018-02-28 18:29:07 UTC

Children of 21st century are surrounded by digital devices. Our communication is increasingly more digital and global.
Yet, no one can learn everything on their own. So, in order for children to learn, we the adults must learn first and offer them good guidance. Just like we teach them to cross the road, we do not simply say they will figure it out nor do we say they are born knowing how to do it! The same must apply to the digital communication.

Roberto - Italy

2018-03-02 16:27:31 UTC

Teaching media literacy is an important step, the students can partecipate with competence

Marieva, Greece

marievaxx — 2018-03-02 16:53:55 UTC

Engaging young people in this direction is essential. Developing a participatory culture is a great idea in our digital era.

m.olimpia petito italy

2018-03-02 19:33:52 UTC

thanks Internet digital natives are in the news and can partecipate to know them

Tanja, Croatia

t_cvijanovic74 — 2018-03-02 22:52:49 UTC

Media literacy is very important for participatory culture, and we need to teach children what is media literacy important

Claudya, Romania

claudia_neacsa — 2018-03-02 23:45:33 UTC

Knowing, being informed and informing, acting, participating, expressing opinion, taking attitude, this means the role of Media literacy in participatory culture.

Rubén, from Spain

rubenjulian — 2018-03-03 16:03:17 UTC

School subjects must be a reflection of all the topics and knowledges that every person should have in that moment society. So, in the same way we teach/learn about human rights, behaviour or citizenship, and we include this in every other subject, also we should teach/learn appropiate behaviour on IT when in all the subjects related to

Maia, Moldova

porombricamaia — 2018-03-03 18:32:01 UTC

Media sources describe the current state of society.
This media culture means - description, pictures, sounds ...
We all meet in everyday life

Ivan, Croatia

ivan_kovac_vt — 2018-03-03 18:38:01 UTC

If we don't know what is real and what is fake, we could end up participating and supporting something bad.

Seda AKSU

janeyre — 2018-03-03 22:03:37 UTC

Children and adults who read the media correctly, pass messages through them to a certain filter, know the functioning of media institutions, and create masses that can distinguish between true and wrong, will provide better ownership of the changed and developing culture every day.

Krunoslav, Croatia

prof_stefanek — 2018-03-03 22:30:22 UTC

Today, there are too many sources of news. You have to be able to find the quality and truth in them before you act and believe in what they say

Monica, Romania

2018-03-04 10:01:35 UTC

Teaching media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture. Students will learn to become more aware of the risks they may face.

Olga Mosca - Italy

olga_mosca — 2018-03-04 19:05:07 UTC

Nowadays,Media Literacy is essential. The students need to develop digital skills to live and work in the future.I think that expert and critical digital citizens will good for democracy.

Filiberto from Mexico

fbalderrama — 2018-03-04 23:21:53 UTC

How can media literacy contribute to a participatory culture?

Communication is a very important part of our condition as social beings, we see communication as a tool to build bridges towards new goals. Media Literacy can be widely used in order to reinforce communication between people with a common goal. In Mexico during the earthquake disaster last year the population of the city were instantly mobilized through a big quantity of groups in different social media which led to rescue groups, donation of food and social support. One specific example in my city Queretaro, was a group of Pokemon Go players, which organized a donation event with all the players and communities they knew, they actually drove the donations directly to the Mexico city and posted pictures during the trip (since there was a common distrust feeling towards the government).

Irina, Romania

rusu_irina — 2018-03-05 11:36:40 UTC

Irina, Romania

rusu_irina — 2018-03-05 11:37:46 UTC

Students can become more aware, rponsible and involved citizens, both the the real and in the virtual world.

Annamaria, Italy

am_vitolo63 — 2018-03-05 21:01:29 UTC

I think it's necessary to lead students to know and understand how to use media. But first of all, adults have to. Everyone has the duty to use in a proper and conscious way the media. Not only using, but also producing and sharing media can help people to become aware and responsible citizens.

Inna, Ukraine

inna_hrom — 2018-03-05 22:26:21 UTC

Teaching Media Literacy can help our students to feel protected surfing the internet

Kristina. Croatia

klucic5 — 2018-03-06 18:34:16 UTC

Media literacy now is like writen literacy century ago, it is neccesary. Students use it and learn how to do it properly.

Ana Carvalho - Portugal

acc_geo — 2018-03-06 23:57:41 UTC

Towards a participatory culture
The media literacy of the younger generation is urgent, including them in school curricula.
Today's adults are proof of the inadequate use and defaulting of the media, since no one has warned them of the dangers, rights and duties, having made a personal and individual discovery.
To avoid this, we need to prepare the future of our students by giving them the tools and skills that are already imposed in today's social media world.
no one can choose between joining the new technologies or not .... they are already in our society! That's why we need to know how to deal with them, under penalty of being excluded from the speed at which it has advanced

Sylvia, Germany

2018-03-07 08:55:35 UTC

Knowing what we want to say and contribute to a society and especially by being media literate being able to address a message understandably using media, knowing about my audience and reflecting on my purpose will result in active participation, sparking the feeling of being a member of a society.

Imen Taktak Marzouk, Tunisia

imen_taktak — 2018-03-07 12:32:03 UTC

Learning and teaching media literacy contribute feeling safe while surfing the net. In fact, Students will become real cybercitizens via the new media literacy skills (play, networking,negociating, judgement, appropiation, navigation, multitasking, performance)

Marina, Croatia

2018-03-07 20:16:55 UTC

Ela

2018-03-07 20:29:58 UTC

Teodora Ungureanu, Romania

ungureanutdr — 2018-03-09 09:53:52 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture in many ways. I believe that the most important thing that media literacy would bring in young minds would be "don't trust anything you see" . Information should be checked first, you can't just simply believe in everything you see on the internet. Young people should be motivated to be more than just simply media consumers.

Liene Lane, Latvia

manaskola — 2018-03-09 09:54:42 UTC

By completing the media literacy test: https://pilnadoma.lv/encyclopedia/izpildi-testu-un-parbaudi-savu-medijpratibu/, the results of the students were good. The conclusion was this: Not everything you have read on the Internet is true.

Josefina Navarro, Uruguay

2018-03-09 17:49:36 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to partipatory culture mainly because students stop being media consumers to also become crators of information.

Silvia Romani, Italy

silvia_romani_28 — 2018-03-10 11:46:26 UTC

I think that media literacy could improve in all the users the felling of belonging to a community that shares ideas and habits. Being able to critically use media means to share a culture and express it through media artifacts.

Mirela-Emilia Pop, Romania

mirelaemiliapop — 2018-03-10 15:44:52 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture in many way.
Learning and teaching media literacy contribute feeling safe while surfing the net.

Barbara from Italy: I think that the participatory culture could be a valid tool to encourage students to share ideas with their peers about any topic, in order to enrich their knowledge and skills.

2018-03-10 16:23:20 UTC

Natalia, Ukraine

garashchenkon — 2018-03-11 16:01:03 UTC

People who have a certain level of media literacy can benifit to their community, can teach each other, can create something useful . ,

emilia,Italy

cacciemi — 2018-03-11 16:57:33 UTC

partecipatory culture in a class means to learn to rewspect each other work and collaborate together helping each other.

Patrícia Carvalhais, Portugal

carvalhais_patricia — 2018-03-12 11:58:56 UTC

Media literacy is about the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.

Participatory culture is an opposing concept to consumer culture — in other words a culture in which private individuals (the public) do not act as consumers only, but also as contributors or producers (prosumers).

So, if you are media literate then it’s natural that you put your skills in action to communicate and collaborate with others and embrace causes.

Monika, CRO

monika_lukavecki1 — 2018-03-13 11:45:12 UTC

media literacy contribute to a participatory culture because students can about something from media and after that they can developing their own ideas

Elisabetta, Italy

deganoelisabetta — 2018-03-13 18:21:02 UTC

In a partecipatory culture people use and share media. The best can help and share their ideas with the weakest.

Maria luisa , italy

2018-03-13 18:31:23 UTC

Partecipatory culture means sharing ideas, products, creating media which may be used to improve our knowledge or to help defend people's rights. We can collaborate with peopke all over the world.

Jowita, Poland

safecurituteam2poland — 2018-03-14 19:21:17 UTC

Through media people can share ideas, experience worldwide; thanks to that it can be more accessible for everybody.

Aurora Zamfir, Romania

aurorazamfir4 — 2018-03-15 02:45:19 UTC

Media literacy allows people to be creative and media producers so as to facilitate a better understanding of each media type and also to develop independent media. Media culture is an extension of the general culture. By transforming the process of consuming media messages into a critical and active activity, people are better aware of the media manipulation potential, and a better perception and understanding of roles which mass media and participatory media play in building a vision of reality.

Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

jeanedefatima — 2018-03-15 17:59:52 UTC

Anamaria, Romania

2018-03-15 20:13:40 UTC

Media literacy is easy to do today.

Jana, CZ

jjilkova — 2018-03-15 20:39:58 UTC

Media offer such a variety and thus are pretty easy to be involved into educatiosn and at the same time interesting and also a sort of a must.

Hanka, CZ

hankacho — 2018-03-16 18:46:49 UTC

Media literacy could lead to nice international projects, could connect students around the world.

Angela Italy

2018-03-17 16:15:20 UTC

Daniela Brancaccio, Italy

exenia83 — 2018-03-18 19:41:37 UTC

Tony, Ireland: A most thoughtful video input which refreshingly brought the focus on media literacy to the positive aspects - authentic audience and purpose for student creativity which we as teachers must welcome...

2018-03-18 20:53:14 UTC

Melissa, Botswana

2018-03-19 10:40:38 UTC

Media literacy is both powerful and essential in making positive changes. Together we can tackle and address issues in our communities, locally and globally; acquire and share skills; spark creativity and we are not bound by geographical limitations.

mustafa atlı

2018-03-19 18:29:34 UTC

Mehtap ARSLAN

marslan17051 — 2018-03-19 18:50:08 UTC

Monica Liliana Chis, Romania

2018-03-20 21:03:15 UTC

media culture can contribute to a participatory culture through different alternatives. One of them is to gather fodors for different activities ... for example ... organizing the Christmas Fair, helping sick children, helping families at risk poverty, etc.

Ivana

ivancica85 — 2018-03-21 21:58:50 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture trough helping pensioners, homeless people, volunteering..

Zenaida, Romania

zenaida_ieremie1 — 2018-03-22 01:11:29 UTC

media literacy can learn about risks of the Internet and the tips for staying safe online.

Carla Soares, Portugal

carlasdsoares — 2018-03-22 01:38:04 UTC

"Schools need to lower existing barriers which make it difficult to deploy participatory platforms through education, stepping back from software that filters or blocks access to the internet. But in doing so, they also need to work with the students to develop norms of use that respect the particular character of the school community and its goals rather than adopting an "anything goes" attitude." in http://henryjenkins.org/.
This excerpt expresses exactly what I feel about the subject. I agree in absolute.

Natividade

Natividade — 2018-03-22 07:32:08 UTC

Media literacy is an important aspect of our life.
We need to teach it especially in the school library.

Jasna, Serbia

ets_racunari — 2018-03-22 10:26:24 UTC

Media literacy is modern, essential skill that should take main role in making safe and polite online environment.

Davut EROL, Turkey

davut_erol1 — 2018-06-11 22:19:02 UTC

Via media people can come together sharing similar thoughts, lifestyles or can learn about different lifestyles, thoughts.

Giuseppina V. from Rome (Italy)

2019-02-20 11:41:28 UTC

As one could deduce from Media Scholar Henry Jenkins’ speech, media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture by identifying public with authors. Users of YouTube or Vimeo or Wikipedia are also authors of products created by themselves, published and shared by digital media. This phenomenon is called crowdsourcing (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowdsourcing) and originates from Economics and Business (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing)

Giuseppina V. from Rome (Italy)

2019-02-20 11:50:40 UTC

Another picture on crowdsourcing

Ceylan İLHAN

2021-02-04 14:44:10 UTC

Petrina M.

2021-02-09 09:14:42 UTC

Media literacy can contribute to a participatory culture in many way.
Learning and teaching media literacy contribute feeling safe while surfing the net.

ipek demirci -İstanbul -TURKEY

demirciipek35 — 2022-01-29 11:10:13 UTC

TEACHİNG in school with teeanagers on the subject media literacy, including how to create and communicate online, could contribute to a participatory culture, as it would enable them to carefully produce publications such as blogs, videos, etc. This would allow them to create communities that work towards the positive goals and changes they would like to see in the world.

Raluca Vlad

2022-03-05 18:43:28 UTC

Media literacy helps us stay safe online

şehvan yoldaş

2023-01-07 13:13:51 UTC

Today most of us rely on technology for our studies. We all use it for either completing any task, for our classes, studying before an exam or even to learn something we have an interest in.

fatma Sağlam

fatmasaglam601 — 2023-03-08 19:16:57 UTC

Teaching Media Literacy can help our students to feel protected surfing the internet

Levent-Türkiye

2024-03-14 20:45:03 UTC

Media literacy contributes significantly to a participatory culture by equipping individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to engage actively with media content. Through critical thinking, people learn to discern between credible and misleading information, fostering a culture of informed participation. Media literacy also encourages active involvement in media creation and consumption, empowering individuals to share their perspectives and contribute to meaningful discussions.