Titled “Our Media: A Civil Society Movement for Enhancing Media Literacy and Activism, Preventing Polarization and Promoting Dialogue”, the project will run for three years.
How media literate are you?
A tool to improve media literacy
The Media Literacy Test aims to help citizens enhance their media literacy skills. It is available in both Turkish and English and now includes a dedicated category for evaluating your digital security awareness.
Other test categories include:
- Media and media content
- Photo and data manipulation
- Hate speech in media and persuasive techniques in advertising
To assess your level of digital security, you can click the link below or visit ourmediaquiz.seenpm.org.
CLICK HERE – Digital Security and Online Protection
The future of media in Turkey: Democratic decline, pressures, and the need for reform
Our Media
IPS Communication Foundation/bianet is among the partners of the Our Media project, financed by the European Union (EU) and covering the years 2023-2025.
The project's initial focus will be to help civil society organizations (CSOs), media professionals, young activists, and the public in the Balkans and Turkey build capacity regarding media freedom, as well as trends and challenges in the development and sustainability of the media. The project partners are:
- South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM)
- Albanian Media Institute (Tirana)
- Mediacentar Foundation (Sarajevo)
- Kosovo Press Council
- Montenegro Media Institute (Podgorica)
- Macedonian Media Institute (Skopje)
- Novi Sad School of Journalism (Novi Sad)
- Peace Institute (Ljubljana)
- bianet (Turkey)
On behalf of IPS Communication Foundation/bianet, the researcher for the Our Media project is Sinem Aydınlı, the foundation’s research coordinator.
Our Media
Scope of the project
The project begins with research aimed at identifying key trends, risks, and opportunities related to media sustainability, and at supporting media freedom and media and information literacy (MIL). The research will map best practices in media activism efforts. The findings will be used to strengthen the capacity of CSOs and other stakeholders in the media field to address challenges in the media.
Within the scope of Our Media, advocacy activities will be carried out to understand the capacity of journalists, media outlets, and media institutions. Local and national media, along with other actors, will be encouraged to engage in media activism efforts aimed at addressing gender inequalities in the media.
The project will also empower young leaders to stand against discrimination and sexist stereotypes, and to support gender equality through various activities.
Through financial support provided to CSOs in urban and rural areas, the project will reach out to local communities to enhance citizens' MIL skills, support media freedom and integrity, and counter polarization caused by propaganda, hate speech, and disinformation.
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