How can media become a positive force for global change?

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The Salzburg Academy's Global Media Literacy (GML) curriculum aims to prepare students the world over for active and inclusive roles in information societies.

This curriculum stresses two elements:

1. Students understanding the value of critical thinking about media and their mastering of critical analytical skills.
2. Students understanding the vital importance of media in building and supporting civil society and their creating and supporting media as an essential exercise of global citizenship.

The GML curriculum is divided into two parts.

Each part offers a series of education “lesson plans.”

Part One - Critical Thinking & Critical Skills

The first half of the curriculum teaches basic media literacy skills—comprehension, analysis, evaluation—for students to use while engaged with media.  Part One of the curriculum teaches students

1. to identify what “news”  is and how media, as well as other actors, decide what information matters; 
2. to monitor, analyze and compare media coverage of people and events; and 
3. to understand media's role in shaping global issues.

Part Two - Freedom of Expression

The second half of the curriculum highlights the connections between media literacy and civil society and informs individuals about the importance of exercising their human right to freedom of expression.  Part Two of the curriculum teaches individuals

1. to defend media in their oversight of good government, corporate accountability and economic development;
2. to promote civil society by themselves becoming a responsible part of the communication chain; and
3. to motivate media to better cover news by communicating to media their expectations for accuracy, fairness and transparency.

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