#MyDigitalMe: Connected. Informed. Critical.

+ Webinars

2023

#MyDigitalMe: Connected. Informed. Critical.

APRIL 17, 11.00- 13.00 CEST

Topic
Cybersecurity and Media and Information Literacy

Facilitator
Marko Paloski and Kristina Stankovska, ERYICA Youth Ambassadors

Young people face countless challenges when they are online, seeing their safety at stake with every click they choose to make. From identity theft to phishing to fake news and misinformation, technology is evolving so fast that online dangers are becoming more and more creative and unexpected.

Youth information services, as one of the main sources of accurate and up-to-date information for young people, must keep up with the latest developments in technology in order to be able to support young people’s media and information literacy and resilience. This requires, in many cases, in-depth individual research or additional training on technology and cybersecurity issues.

Organised in the framework of the European Youth Information Day 2023, this webinar aims to raise awareness and provide insights on the importance of cybersecurity and media and information literacy for young people in the digital age. It seeks to provide participants with resources to identify online threats and to open a discussion on how youth information workers can keep abreast of the latest developments in technology to help young people become responsible and conscious digital citizens.

• Agenda

  11.00 - 11:10

  Welcome speech by ERYICA

  11:10 - 11:45

  Keynote speech by Sara Pereira, Minho University

  11:45 - 12:00

  Question & Answers

  12:00- 12:45

  Inspiring initiatives from the ERYICA network: Catalan Youth Agency, Service National de la Jeunesse Luxembourg, MedYIa project outcomes

  12:45 - 12:55

  Presenting the #EYID23 campaign by Beatriz Terreros, ERYICA

  12:55 - 13:00

  Closing thoughts

• speakers

  The webinar will count on the participation of several experts and academics in Cybersecurity and Media and Information Literacy:

  Keynote speaker:

  Sara Pereira is Associate Professor with Habilitation at University of Minho (Portugal). Her main research areas are children, young people and the media; the rights of expression and participation of children and young people; Media Literacy; and publics and media practices. She has coordinated several national and European projects and is the author of several publications in these areas. She chairs the Media Education Research section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) since July 2019. She is co-coordinator of MILObs – Observatory on Media, Information and Literacy and co-author of the radio program Ouvido Crítico, broadcast weekly on Antena 1 since February 2018.

  Panellists:

  Juan Jose Sanchez Carrasco and Germà Bustamante, Catalan Youth Agency

  Jeanne Wolff and Merlin Rastoder, Service National de la Jeunesse Luxembourg

  Imre Simon, Development manager at ERYICA and coordinator of the project MedYIa