On this page you can find all the media literacy materials that are created by BECID media experts.
The materials are free to use and distribution is allowed!
Materials in Estonian
BECID researchers Maria Murumaa-Mengel and Maia Klaassen have created learning objective “Information management competences and critical thinking”. Target group: secondary school students, but also (partly) suitable for younger and older people.
BECID researchers Marju Himma-Kadakas, Maria Murumaa-Mengel and Maia Klaassen talk about media diets and understanding others; the thematic focus of news and how it affects audiences; the paradox of fact-checking and the future of news media. And, of course, share some tips on how to stay sane in the midst of all this.
BECID communication and media competence specialist Inger Klesment has created new video for 5-10-year old children. In this video, children learn what can happen when they share too much information about themselves on social media, don’t set a strong enough password on their phone and how a digital footprint is created. The video is designed to be watched with a teacher in the classroom.
BECID project manager Maia Klaassen and Estonian Police and Border Guard Board communication specialist Maarja Punak are talking about how to navigate in today’s information environment.
Three educational videos on how politicians can make factual mistakes. The videos cover misleading context, exaggerating the correct data and misrepresenting data. The videos are made by the Estonian Debating Society.
Materials in Lithuanian
During the online discussion held by Baltic Research Foundation for Digital Resilience (DIGIRES), representatives of the academic community, media and non-governmental organisations, as well as members of the public interested in these topics, shared ideas and thoughts on how to find solutions to fight disinformation more effectively.
Virtual learnings for journalists, especially working in Lithuanian regional media, to strengthen their professional skills in age of modern media, when ability to distinguish false, manipulative information from real facts and truth is becoming more and more important.
Professor Auksė Balčytienė presents report “One year with DIGIRES: we learned a lot about digital resilience, but we haven’t experienced everything yet”, in which she presents the results, discoveries of pilot project DIGIRES, as well as guidelines for future research and actions in the fight against disinformation.
PhD student of Vytautas Magnus University, psychological and information operation officer Darius Remeika gives a speech “Relative advantage: perspective of resistance to disinformation” and says that the impact of disinformation is especially evident in periods of crisis characterized by uncertainty – for example, in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic or the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Algirdas Davidavičius, representative of the Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis, National Media Literacy Network, reads the report “The role of NGOs and future challenges in the field of increasing digital literacy of society” and claims that current initiatives are repeated, copy each other and are separated from the essential value perspective – democratic protection of values.
Greta Kėvelaitienė, Head of the Cultural Heritage Research and Digitisation Department of G. Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library of Panevėžys County, reads the report “The role and goals of libraries in the development of public media literacy in 2023”, and reviewes the media and information literacy projects carried out by the library in 2022, the results achieved as well as future activity plans.
Chief editor of the column “Lie Detector” on the news portal DELFI.lt, fact-checker Aistė Meidutė gives presentation “The impact of national media on increasing the digital resilience of society” and says that the statistics are worrying – people share false messages 70% more often than correct information.
Ramunė Ramanauskienė, the director of the newspaper “Tauragės kurjeris”, reads the report “The influence of regional media and opportunities in the fight against disinformation” and claims that there are fewer manifestations of disinformation in the regions.
Neringa Jurčiukonytė, the head of the non-governmental organisation “Media4Change”, gives presentation “The importance of active participation of target groups in the development of media literacy: existing resources and opportunities”, and emphasizes the importance of empowering people – according to speaker, only a person involved in the activity can understand the problem.
Dainoras Lukas, adviser to the Minister of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, reads the report “International media literacy index and the results of Lithuanian rural students: what do they have in common?” and discusses the difficult situation of education in the countryside.
Professor, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis gives a presentation “Culture of Disagreement and Disinformation. How to distinguish?” and introduces the causes of public disagreement and the ways in which disinformation works.
The methodology prepared by media literacy and media experts introduces the concept of media literacy, discusses types of disinformation, answers the question of how fake news affect people and how to recognize disinformation, misinformation, manipulation and deconstruct them.
The methodology discusses artificial intelligence literacy and the impact of artificial intelligence technologies, the role of the media (especially regional) and fact-checking initiatives.
The theoretical material is complemented by practical tasks created by experts.
It is explained how to use this methodology and organize work with a group.
Materials in English
What works and what doesn’t in fact-checking? We suggest you look at this collection of related studies.
Professor Peter Gross (University of Tennesse, USA) gives a speech on the topic of disinformation and says that disinformation can affect everyone, for example, Russia‘s and China‘s disinformation can affect people even in USA.