SERA Cycle 3 Introduction and Courses

Project n° 580247-EPP-1-2016-1-FR-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN Sequence E16 / Cycle 3 2 3 1 AREA Education SUBJECT Media literacy Type of Activity Reflection exercises, Debates With crossed disciplines Communication Sequence Title Plot: The dark side of the subject ABSTRACT Trust is necessary for all social life and even more so for democratic societies, while conspiracy is organized in the systematic search for conspiracies, everywhere, all the time. This is a position of systematic suspicion of news from the media and this mistrust goes hand in hand with a crisis of citizenship. A direct answer, argument against argument, is sterile and ineffective. To help grow in reflection, we must refrain from any situation of break in communication and keep time control avoiding provocation, on both sides. Must we accept the contradiction and look at how conspiracy theories are constructed? Where do they come from? How are they spreading? Why do we believe it? ... Media and information literacy clearly contributes to this critical thinking. KEY WORDS Critical thinking, Completism, Manipulation, Conspiracy theories