22/04/2021 - Media Literacy in Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Metropolitan University Prague, o.p.s. in cooperation with Edhance Plus, o.p.s. cordially invite you to the international scientific workshop entitled "Media Literacy in Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia" which will take place online on April 22, 2021, from 2 p.m. CEST.The workshop is a part of the project “Media Literacy Observatory for Active Citizenship and Sustainable Democracy”, DTP657 project within the Interreg Danube Transnational Program.The topic of the workshop is the assessment of media literacy policies in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany.
As guest speakers will participate Markéta Supa (Charles University in Prague) and Kateřina Křiváková (Zvol si info) from the Czech Republic, Norbert Vrabec (University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava) from Slovakia and Katharina Mosene (Leibniz Institute for Media Research / Hans-Bredow Institut) from Germany. The anchorperson of the workshop will be Jan Jirák from the Metropolitan University Prague.
Due to the covid pandemic, the workshop will be organized online at the MS Teams platform (https://bit.ly/320WbRK). No registration is needed.
More information about the project “Media Literacy Observatory for Active Citizenship and Sustainable Democracy” can be found on: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/melia-observatory
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