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<\/figure>In 2017, we took a further step with the launch of the eduCAC program<\/a>, an initiative of the Council in collaboration with the Department of Education of the Catalan government. The main objective of eduCAC is to promote media education, mainly in schools, but also among the general population, with content and proposals designed for families on the use of screens by children and teenagers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n The educational community can access this program through the website www.educac.cat<\/a>. The website includes teaching units, which deal with information, entertainment, advertising, and good practice in the digital field; classroom projects, which encourage audiovisual work in the areas proposed in the units; and transversal itineraries, focused on debate and reflection on the values \u200b\u200band social issues that concern students. All the materials have been elaborated by pedagogues and specialised professionals who worked together with our staff. At the end of 2020, the eduCAC website has more than 2,000 subscribers. Another point of contact with teachers is the eduCAC newsletter<\/a>, sent periodically with news and tools related to media literacy. Around 1,500 subscribers received the newsletter in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To reach the general public, in 2019 we devised the #AMiNoMenganyen campaign<\/a> (they don\u2019t fool me campaign), to awaken the critical spirit and encourage the responsible use of technology and the media. The campaign was integrated by a TV spot, broadcast during prime time, three different creativities for live radio and short clips to be shared in social networks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n As a meeting point between the actors interested in working on media education, sharing knowledge and good practices in this field, in June 2019 we set up the Platform for Media Education<\/a>. The main purpose of the Platform is to carry out initiatives and publish resources that contribute to critical thinking in the current communicative context, in order to empower citizens and strengthen democracy. At the end of 2020, the platform has 63 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And then, unfortunately, covid-19 arrived. However, the pandemic has not stopped our work on media literacy activities. On 20 March 2020, one day before the lockdown was confirmed, we launched a set of recommendations to warn about fake news contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n During the lockdown, the CAC launched the “Stop, Think and Check<\/a>” campaign against disinformation. In August 2020, the CAC launched the \u201cTo get wiser<\/a>\u201d campaign, in which more than twenty experts reflect on coexistence, the use of screens and digital responsibility after the lockdown. We also have been working on a media campaign for the good use of screens in online learning<\/a> and for safe use of social media<\/a>, on a set of recommendations for the good use of the screens<\/a>, and issued infographics with reflections on responsible use of video calls in educational environments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Edumediatest and more media literacy initiatives are coming for sure in 2021!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n M\u00f2nica Duran Ruiz.<\/strong> Lawyer, responsible for international relations at the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/files\/2021\/01\/Picture-ds1.png\")
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