The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), in partnership with the CIET and NCERT, has organized a five-day online training program on media information literacy, according to a statement released on Friday.
More than 12,000 teachers and students attended the training sessions, which were held in English from August 19 to August 23 and in Hindi from August 26 to August 30, according to the statement.
IIMC Vice Chancellor Anupama Bhatnagar emphasised the importance of collaboration between institutions like IIMC and CIET-NCERT in creating awareness about media literacy in today’s digital world.
With the rise of social media and other digital platforms, misinformation has become a significant issue, and media literacy will empower individuals to distinguish between fact and fiction, she said as per the statement.
The sessions were conducted on different aspects of media literacy. Experts from the institutes like IGNOU, IIMC, and JNU delivered lectures on various aspects of media and information literacy, it said.
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Source: ET
