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Word-Check: Dictionary for Media Literacy and against Hate Speech

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The Word-Check Dictionary serves as a way for organizations and/or youth workers to get informed about vocabulary words that relate to discrimination and how to use them properly. Plus, various hotlines for help are available in it in case of need.

Aims of the tool

1. Becoming more aware of hate speech, what it is, how to differentiate it from giving opinions
2. Being aware of the media around us and becoming more independent with the information we receive.
3. Giving support lines/websites in case of discrimination or harassment.

Description of the tool

The Word-Check Dictionary serves as a way for organizations and/or youth workers to get informed about vocabulary words that relate to discrimination and how to use them properly. During the youth exchange on hate speech and media literacy, we dove into different types of discrimination, how to avoid them, how to act upon them, hwo to fact-check, what microaggressions are, different sexual orientations and gender identities, intersectionality, etc. Plus, various hotlines for help are available in it in case of harassment or discrimination.

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Tool overview

Word-Check: Dictionary for Media Literacy and against Hate Speech

http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/4477

This tool addresses

Social Inclusion, Disability, Anti-Racism, Gender issues, Youth Participation

Materials needed:

Electronic device such as laptop, phone, tablet, etc.
Internet connection (to view online or download)

Duration:

20 minutes on average

Behind the tool

The tool was created by

SYTEV, Trinaqueeria, Status M, EEE-YFU, Y4C Youth for Change, Y-PEER Armenia, Empower Plus

in the context of

Final output of the project on Hate Speech and Media Literacy

The tool has been experimented in

Youth Exchange

The tool was published to the Toolbox by

Andrea Antonio Orlandi (on 4 November 2024)

and last modified

10 October 2024

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