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Media Development Foundation (MDF) is hosting its annual Media Literacy Forum as part of UNESCO's 11th Global Media and Information Literacy Week on October 26-27.

The event is conducted in partnership with Ilia State University and with the support of the US Embassy in Georgia.

The event offers the following thematic workshops to young people interested in media and information literacy:

Gamification – “Fighting Fire with Fire: How to Become an Evil Genius and Rule the World”, Lisa Poot, The Bad News Game https://bit.ly/3z32d55

Geolocation – “How to Travel to the Occupied Territories of Georgia Using Geolocation”, Maiko Ratiani, Myth Detector/MDF; Manana Tevzadze, “Blue Shield of Georgia” https://bit.ly/3CUnv5V

Narrative Design – “How to Create Chatbots”, Sandro Asatiani and mentor Tamta Papukashvili, Cyber Laboratory Unilab of Ilia State University  https://bit.ly/3eKqHcB

Coding – “What is Coding and How Can We Work with Computer Code”, Sandro Asatiani and Giorgi Kvaratskhelia, Cyber Laboratory Unilab of Ilia State University https://bit.ly/3scBGOO

In addition to the thematic workshops, the forum will also traditionally host the MIL games fair, and the participants will get to know MDF's new game - “Cyber Snake”.

A new study by MDF will be presented at the forum, which studies the impact of media literacy and misinformation in Georgia.

Clips prepared within the framework of the media literacy project will be presented at the event, one of which is the winner of the “Most Creative Format” nomination of #GlobalFact9.

The forum will reveal the most media-literate youth of 2022 and the best publications of “Myth Detector” of the year.

The Media Literacy Forum has been held by the Media Development Foundation in Georgia since 2019, within the framework of the project “Media Literacy Youth Lab for Responsible Media Consumption” with the support of the US Embassy.

For more information:  https://bit.ly/3Dh7Krp

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