Kristina Berksun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26.06.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media literacy training, fact-checking, combating disinformation are necessary and effective tools in the fight against disinformation. However, the tools for media literacy and critical thinking can be more and more varied. The educational cartoons created by DIGIRES together with the partner news portal DELFI prove that everyday sayings like: \u201cbe attentive, think critically\u201d can also be the key to more responsible media use.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the videos, we aim to help the audience understand that misinformation, myths, rumors, propaganda and all the consequences related to it are not the nonsense of politicians, not scientific terms, but a real phenomenon that constantly surrounds us\u201d, says Ieva Ivanauskait\u0117, head of Business Development of the news portal DELFI in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total three cartoons were created, representing different disinformation content or floating myth. The purpose of the videos is to develop critical thinking, to encourage people to think about their actions and their consequences for the environment, to be conscious and make decisions based on scientific facts, not emotions. Videos also aim to awaken the need for quality information and news in society and to show how misinformation affects the environment around us, the political system, and public life. The videos invite you not only to be critical when consuming content, but also to encourage the people around you to do the same: friends, family members, relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The videos present well-known topics, easily recognizable situations and examples that show the dangers of making decisions based on emotions. Cartoons have a clear, dynamic narrative line with a beginning, climax and end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n