{"id":4287,"date":"2019-03-26T15:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T07:56:34","slug":"media-behind-the-scenes-training-course-in-slovakia-call-for-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/2019\/03\/26\/media-behind-the-scenes-training-course-in-slovakia-call-for-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMedia Behind the Scenes\u201d youth exchange in Slovakia \u2013 call for participants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deadline for receiving applications is\u00a002\u00a0April 2019, 23:59 CET.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you interested in media literacy, critical thinking, journalistic ethic and media analysis and would like raise awareness of these topics?<\/p>\n

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Then this call is for you!\u00a0<\/strong>The European Dialogue\u00a0 is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 participant who can be older than 30 years (5 people in total) from Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Portugal, and Slovakia to join training course \u201cMedia Behind the Scenes\u201d that will be held on 25 April\u20132 May 2019 in beautiful Star\u00e1 Lesn\u00e1 (High Tatras, close to Poprad), Slovakia.<\/p>\n

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About the project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media Behind the Scenes is a\u00a0training course (Erasmus+ youth exchange)that aims at raising professional competences of young media makers and fostering their responsibility towards society, contributing to public media literacy and people\u2019s ability to do basic (mass)media analysis, as well as reflecting and combating manipulation practices in the (mass)media.<\/p>\n

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Participants will:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-get practical skills to be able to report for traditional, digital, and social media in a balanced and fair way;<\/p>\n

\u2013 be able to reflect on and combat manipulation practices in the (mass)media and their dependence on politicians and other groups;<\/p>\n

\u2013 be critically thinking and able to assess information in non-biased and non-stereotyped way;<\/p>\n

\u2013 get knowledge of the (mass)media manipulation concepts: media as subject of manipulation (such asgate-keeping, agenda setting) and as object and mean of manipulation (such as propaganda), and<\/p>\n

media communication;<\/p>\n

\u2013 get knowledge of theoretical framework (concepts) of the media literacy;<\/p>\n

\u2013 be able to critically think about representation of youth and minorities in media;<\/p>\n

\u2013 learn how to spread the knowledge among wide public and raise its awareness of specifics and<\/p>\n

challenges of the news communicated by the digital and social media;<\/p>\n

\u2013 work and network in a formal and non-formal way in the multicultural environment.<\/p>\n

Their knowledge will be solidified through hands-on production of media and other materials on the media literacy and critical thinking. Hence the participants will put the acquired knowledge directly into practice. Materials produced will be published online as open educational resources.<\/p>\n

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Financial information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accommodation, food and all materials to be used\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>are fully covered by Erasmus+ Programme and are taken care of by the European Dialogue.<\/p>\n

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Participants will receive reimbursement of their\u00a0travel costs (flight + train or bus ticket, if needed)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>up to the amount indicated below according to their country of residence:<\/p>\n

Armenia \u2013 350 EUR<\/p>\n

Belgium \u2013 200 EUR<\/p>\n

Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 220 EUR<\/p>\n

Bulgaria \u2013 200 EUR<\/p>\n

Germany \u2013 200 EUR<\/p>\n

Italy \u2013 200 EUR<\/p>\n

Lithuania \u2013 220 EUR<\/p>\n

Montenegro \u2013 220 EUR<\/p>\n

Portugal \u2013 300 EUR<\/p>\n

Slovakia \u2013 50 EUR (only bus or train)<\/p>\n

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Tickets for travel to airport from participant\u2019s home towns and back as well as return train\/bus tickets to Poprad (Slovakia) are included in the amounts above. The nearest airports are Vienna, Bratislava, Krakow, Kosice, or Poprad.<\/p>\n

Although travel costs will be reimbursed, participants will be expected to make their own travel arrangements as soon as possible after receiving acceptance e-mail and communicate with organisers about it. The organisers will provide participants with list of recommended flights, bus, or train connections, which are within the reimbursement limit. If they are not convenient for participants, they will be expected to take another cheapest route from their place of residence to Berlin and use following means of the transportation:<\/p>\n