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"""Building Political Efficacy through Digital Media Literacy” (Political Efficacy) is a project that sought two primary objectives. First, provide young Europeans with digital tools for digital media literacy. This, in turn, allowed young people to be able to: (1) distinguish true facts from ""fake news""; (2) critically evaluate the contents of the media; and (3) counteract media pressures (to smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs, have premature sex, not feel comfortable with your body).The second objective was that, with those digital tools of media literacy, young people became civic and political agents of their localities (Political Efficacy). To achieve this, the youngsters learned to: (1) use and promote community dialogue; (2) act as ""civic journalists"" that contrast the contents of the media; and (3) to produce their own audiovisual content to achieve the two previous points.The project was carried out in three phases: preparation, youth exchange and follow-up. In the first phase, the young people had a first contact with the contents of the project and prepared for the exchange. In the second phase, the young people had the opportunity to be in Salamanca and, for a week, to act as civic journalists of this city and develop their civic and media literacy skills. In the third phase, the young people organised small screenings in their localities, where they consolidated the skills learned in the two previous phases. The methodologies used were non-formal education, experience-based learning, active participation, community dialogue and YouthPass.Finally, it should be noted that the young participants produced 4 short films about the feelings of citizens about the European Union (https://bit.ly/2Nr7haw). Likewise, the project designed two eBooks (handbook and book of experiences), a Photo-Album (https://bit.ly/2Nizv74) and a web page (https://buildingpoliticalefficacy.eu). This allows other interested parties to know and benefit from this project."
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