From their media to our media
A guide to culturally sensitive media education
This guide provides practical tools for professionals who work with young people. This page offers you methods for organising workshops. The methods are part of the ‘From their media to our media’ guide, which includes not only methods but also background information on related topics. You can find the whole guide in Finnish here.
Culturally sensitive media education & Towards a safer space

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY & SAFER SPACE
What is culturally sensitive media education? And what about a safer space? This section tells how you can work in a culturally sensitive way step by step.
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Method 1: Interpretation and production of images

REPRESENTATION
How do images in the media affect how we perceive the world? Can everyone find role models in the images in the media? Participatory and visual methods can be used to address the ways in which young people perceive the world.
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Cultural sensitivity means critically assessing how other people’s backgrounds and our assumptions about these affect the way we behave when we are with them. The assumptions are not always conscious, and for that reason it is important to take time to reflect on them.
Method 2: Countering hate speech

COUNTERSPEECH
How should we respond to hate speech? The methods go through how to counter hate speech using a podcast and video.
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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
What is cultural sensitivity?
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Method 3: Young people and the media

MEDIA LITERACY
How to recognize fact from fiction? This method will help you to recognize false information .
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Producer of the material: Mediakasvatusseura / Juho Narsakka and Pakolaisnuorten tuki / Inka Kiuru
Graphics: Salla Vasenius
Publishing year: 2021
More info: This material is part of Muiden mediasta meidän mediaksi project.



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