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BRIDGE Main Challenge: A.7. Digital ecosystem, disinformation and the need for media literacy and critical thinking
The rapid expansion of the digital ecosystem exposes children and young people to disinformation, online violence, hate speech, cyberbullying and algorithmic manipulation. Although they possess basic digital skills, many young people lack sufficient critical media literacy to verify content, assess the reliability of sources and navigate digital environments safely.
Pantallas Amigas proposes a comprehensive socio-educational model combining open educational resources, awareness-raising campaigns, media education and youth mediation programmes such as Cibermanagers. It provides young people, families and educators with tools and critical thinking skills to prevent online risks, combat disinformation and promote responsible digital citizenship.
Pantallas Amigas is a Spanish socio-educational initiative established in 2004 that promotes the safe, critical, healthy and responsible use of digital technologies among children, adolescents and the educational community. Grounded in the principles of media education and digital risk prevention, it develops open educational resources, awareness-raising campaigns and youth mediation programmes, such as Cibermanagers, to address challenges including disinformation, cyberbullying, hate speech and other forms of digital violence, thereby contributing to the development of inclusive and democratic digital citizenship.
The expansion of digital platforms and algorithms exposes children and adolescents to disinformation, online hate speech, cyberbullying and gender-based digital violence. Despite their technical familiarity with devices, many young users lack critical media literacy to verify sources, understand algorithmic profiling and protect themselves against online discrimination and manipulation.
Critical media literacy and emotional education are essential civic competences for protecting digital rights, resisting online manipulation, preventing hate speech and ensuring equitable, inclusive and democratic participation in contemporary digital society.
Pantallas Amigas contributes to Challenge A.7 through open educational resources, awareness-raising campaigns and peer-mediation programmes that foster critical thinking, media literacy and responsible participation in digital environments. Its approach promotes active, democratic and respectful digital citizenship in the face of disinformation, hate speech and other forms of online exclusion.
It works through five components: 1) Production of open multimedia educational resources; 2) Awareness-raising campaigns on media literacy and hate prevention; 3) Peer education for young people through Cibermanagers; 4) Training and support for teachers and families; and 5) Development of institutional networks among schools, public authorities and social organisations.
Cibermanagers peer-education and mediation programme.
Educational resource
A socio-educational programme based on service-learning and peer education, in which previously trained adolescents carry out awareness-raising, guidance and digital mediation activities for their peers. It promotes youth participation, the safe and responsible use of the internet, cyberbullying prevention and respectful digital coexistence.
Teaching staff, Students, Professionals
“Information Disorder” educational campaign.
Educational resource
An awareness-raising and critical media literacy initiative that provides content and educational resources for understanding disinformation and information manipulation in digital environments. It encourages the critical analysis of content, assessment of source reliability and the development of skills to identify misleading information.
Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, General Public
“Internet Tolerance” campaign.
Educational resource
An educational initiative aimed at preventing hate speech, discrimination and other forms of online violence. Through awareness-raising materials, it promotes respect for diversity, empathy, human rights and inclusive digital coexistence, providing resources for critically addressing discriminatory behaviour in digital environments.
Teaching staff, Students, Professionals, General Public
Repository of Open Educational and Multimedia Resources.
Educational resource
A collection of freely accessible educational materials, including videos, infographics, guides, podcasts, interactive activities and awareness-raising resources on digital citizenship, privacy, digital well-being, cyberbullying, media literacy and the responsible use of social media. Its different formats allow materials to be selected and adapted to different educational contexts and target groups.
Teaching staff, Students, Researchers, Professionals, General Public
Digital guidance manuals for families and teachers.
Manual
Guidance materials for families and education professionals to support children and adolescents in using the internet safely, healthily, critically and responsibly. They provide guidance on privacy, digital coexistence, risk prevention and the development of responsible digital habits, fostering shared educational responsibility between home and school.
Teaching staff, Professionals