Inviting young people below 21 years of age to share short stories, poems, posters and paintings for the Peace Gong E-book “Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where people are becoming more and more closely interconnected.”- Kofi Annan The former UN Secretary General has rightly underlined the centrality of tolerance, promotion …
Category: Media Literacy
The Peace Gong Media Literacy Training Programme BHOPAL
Date: 12 December, 2014 Venue: Anand Vihar School, Bhopal Workshop Proceedings Inaugural Session: The workshop began with a brief round of introduction of the resource persons as well as the participants by Kanupriya Gupta, Class X & Editor of the Peace Gong Wallpaper. The participants were given a brief about the objectives of the workshop and were also introduced to …
Children and Media
Bipra Biswambara Nowadays, children or young adults find themselves in a world where gaining information of any sorts is easy. So is the perceived notion that children are only passive recipients of information correct? Do children believe everything they read or hear? Can they make informed opinions? Even at their tender ages, children start forming an opinion of their own …
Media Literacy empowers citizens to contribute to a culture of peace
Asiya Naqvi, Class XII interviews Catharina Bucht , the Information Coordinator and Editor of the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg on different dimensions of Media Literacy
The Peace Gong Media Literacy programme
The Peace Gong Media Literacy programme is an initiative of the Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Foundation. The aim of the Programme: Develop communicative, semiotic and cultural skills along with critical thinking abilities amongst children so that they can negotiate the increasing complexities of today’s world. Besides, the thrust is to develop capacities of children to use the media to contribute towards …