A safer media environment for children
PARKHURST – The strips will be distributed in various online platforms for other children across SA, to critically decipher information and discern between credible news and disinformation.
Children can look forward to being empowered with skills to combat disinformation.
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) in Parkhurst, together with the Impact Amplifier are excited to invite all Web Ranger ambassadors and child monitoring learners to join forces with them to create and develop online comic strips under the project Understanding Disinformation Drawings by Children.
According to MMA, the Understanding Disinformation Drawings by Children is a creative and educational filled programme starting in July and ends in December of this year where MMA will create and develop online comic strips, together with selected learners. Learners can expect to create five to 10 themed comic strips that will be distributed in various online platforms for other children across SA, to critically decipher information and discern between credible news and disinformation.
“These skills will empower children to combat disinformation and encourage a media environment where children are more responsible and engaged. The programme seeks to recruit 50 learners between the ages of 12 to 17 years. These participants must have access to a smart device and data/Wi-Fi for connecting, and also reside in Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
“As an organisation that believes in universal access to the internet, MMA together with partners will provide participants with monthly data for training and engagement purposes, for the duration of the programme,” MMA stated.
Details: For details on how to enter, click https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZqbu6V6YvufI8fbsRfaM3NLwgUJRGevNoXtNckZtpjZbR8g/viewform
For more information on the project, please feel free to contact MMA’s Public and Media Skills Development manager Phakamile Khumalo on phakamilek@mma.org.za .
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