Media literacy in a world beyond the fact-check
11 OCT | 19:00

Pessoa tira selfie com smartphone, em tom amarelado, simbolizando a importância da literacia mediática na era digital. Design: Napperon © Goethe-Institut

11.10 | 7 PM | Auditorium
Simultaneous Translation EN/PT

In the year that the government begins to implement the National Media Literacy Plan, we ask: what, exactly, is media literacy? How can we think about this issue beyond the loop of fake news and fact-checking, and in a way that reaches all segments of the population? If illiteracy was once one of the great challenges facing the population, today it is knowing how to read, interpret, and be critical of the content we consume. These challenges have no boundaries, nor are they exclusive to one generation. Nor do they concern only readers. It is urgent to think about them, but above all, it is urgent to act.

A panel discussion held in partnership with Creative Europe Portugal, featuring Alba Tobella (Verificat), Margarida Maneta (Lusófona University, CICANT), and Marta G. Franco (Laintersección), moderated by Carolina Franco (Público na Escola).

Speakers

Journalist and co-founder of Verificat. She was a correspondent for the Associated Press and France-Presse agencies in Colombia and Uruguay, and a freelance reporter in Mexico. She has also worked at El País, published in Univision, AJ+, Esquire, and La Vanguardia, among others, and was editor of Código Nuevo magazine. She has a degree in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from the University of Barcelona. Alba is head of content and responsible for fact-checking.
Margarida Maneta is a doctoral student in Communication and Activism at Universidade Lusófona and is writing her dissertation on seniors and media repertoires. She holds two master's degrees: one in media literacy and digital citizenship from the same institution and another in journalism from the Escola Superior de Comunicação Social. She has worked in the fields of journalism, media literacy, and digital citizenship with young people and seniors, using participatory and intergenerational methods.
Marta G. Franco published the book Las redes son nuestras. Una historia popular de internet y un mapa para volver a habitarla (Consonni, 2024). She is part of the collective Laintersección, which collaborates with social organizations in research, training, and digital strategies. She was deeply involved in the 15M movement in Spain, worked as a journalist and cultural mediator, and managed the social media accounts of the Municipality of Madrid between 2015 and 2019. She continues to work to ensure that the internet remains a livable place, participating in digital projects such as Vámonos juntas, Algorights, and Pantube.
Carolina Franco has written about culture, youth, gender, and human rights. She increasingly believes that everything is connected. She is a journalist and editor at Shifter and collaborates with the media literacy project PÚBLICO na Escola. She studied Communication Sciences in Porto, has a postgraduate degree in Art Curation and a master's degree in Anthropology-Visual Cultures from NOVA FSCH, with a thesis on trans* representation in audiovisual media. In 2024, she co-founded the Perpétuas project. Her work can also be read in Gerador, Revista MIL, FlanZine, and PÚBLICO.