The goal of the course is to contribute to raising awareness up in media literacy, information and digital literacy (MIDL);

Acquire an understanding of the historical context and current trends of digital communication;

Develop an awareness of the unintended consequences of new technology;

Develop a set of skills for making short, informed pieces of multimedia products for real-world events and concerns;

Become a critical consumer of internet information;

Reach new media functions and working methods;

Mastering new media tools;

Developing the skills of producing multimedia and interactive journalistic products;

To equip participants to be better prepared to combat ‘astroturfing’ and ‘trolling’, digital safety threats, and online abuse in a gender-sensitive manner;