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Bojana Zorić: Media literacy is crucial in addressing the problem of foreign interference, the youth is a critical voice in addressing the security challenges

The security problems in the Western Balkans are now also related to disinformation and fake news which try to destabilize the region and may hinder realization of the most important strategic objectives in the Western Balkans. On this topic and others, Portalb.mk conducted an interview with Bojana Zorić, an expert on security issues in the Western Balkans. She emphasizes...

Metamorphosis and NOVA working together to raise students’ media literacy knowledge

Novakovski and Jashari signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: Meta.mk The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society and NOVA International School Skopje launched cooperation for joint raising of the media literacy of the students' media literacy and raising awareness about the role of digital media today. To that end, the Principal of NOVA International School Skopje, Ivan Novakovski, and the Executive...

The “Transparent Man” initiative of the Goethe Institut and the Metamorphosis Foundation began with the opening of an exhibition

The beginning of the “Transparent Man” initiative was marked today with the opening of the interactive exhibition “What the future wants” in “Public Room” in Skopje. The Goethe Institut Skopje in cooperation with the Metamorphosis Foundation implements this initiative, which aims to promote the media and information skills of the younger generation and their environment – parents, teachers, and...

Disinformation is a security problem, we should start working together to prevent consequences

The disinformation poses a threat to North Macedonia's security and all the factors in the society must work together to prevent the consequences. This, among other things, was said at the "Solutions and Next Steps - Recommendations for Joint Action" session of the "Dealing with Disinformation in the Republic of North Macedonia" conference, organized by Metamorphosis Foundation. This session...

Threats and hate speech for North Macedonia Union of High School Students after satire article

The „Kooperacija.mk“satire web site recently published a satirical article titled "I WANT THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS TO BE CANCELLED!! WE WANT TO LEARN!!!" allegedly written after the statement by a high school student and illustrated with a photo from the most recent public appearance of the President of the Union of High School Students of the Republic of North Macedonia...

Online media literacy campaign starts in North Macedonia

On the fourth anniversary of the Media Literacy Network in North Macedonia, a new online campaign on media literacy started today, and in the next 10 weeks, during each workday, a single poster with information will be shared, with the goal of raising the awareness of the need of critical thinking about the media and media content. "Why do you...

The CriThink grant recipients will present the results of the local projects through online events

In the period between the 28th of September and the 1st of October there will be a series of online public events for the presentation of local projects from the program "Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens - CriThink" in North Macedonia. These projects were supported by the EU via the Second cycle of small grants of CriThink in the...

Youth are central focus in efforts to spread media literacy

In projects by the European Union that relate to the development of critical thinking and media literacy, main efforts are aimed at young people and the way they perceive and use news and information, primarily from the Internet, as the dominant part of their media ecosystem "Democracy should allow deep disputes to be discussed publicly in a civilized manner. This...

Promoting “CriThink”, a media literacy project with a grant scheme

At the Holiday Inn Hotel in Skopje, a kick-off event was held for the project “The Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – CriThink ”, supported by the European Union and will be implemented in the next three years by the Foundation for Internet and Society “Metamorphosis” in partnership with the Center for European Strategies – Eurothink. At the meeting, attended...