Media and Information Literacy as A Tool to Prevent Hate Propaganda Transmitted through Traditional and Social Media : Lessons From the Arab World

• This article argues that media and information education should be viewed more broadly than in the one school setting. While in some countries experiencing a chaotic political transition, users of social networks make increasingly their voice heard on current events, there is no media and information literacy to frame this new phenomenon of virtual floor jack. In these conditions, it is not uncommon that they peddle hatred and disinformation messages, making them a threat to peace and security. The case of countries concerned by the "Arab Spring" perfectly illustrates this trend, even if, as in Tunisia, for example, alternatives are gradually set up outside the education system to promote the missing professionalism, responsibility and basic ethical principles.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap -- Medievetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications -- Media Studies (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Traditional Media

News Literacy

Hate Propaganda

Arab World

Social Media

Médias traditionnels

Education à l'information

Propagande haineuse

Monde Arabe

Médias sociaux

Medievetenskap och journalistik

Media Studies and Journalism

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