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In this paper we consider the first results of working on different issues of media and communication literacy within the specific context of Portalegre’s experience of the research project, “Academy for Reading the World: Journalism, Communication and I”. This project has been selected by the The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as one of the 2019 Gulbenkian Knowledge Academy network, among more than 300 hundred other applying Portuguese projects, and financed by for the next 3 years. We specifically address the outcomes of working communication and journalism as a learning tool, self-regulation skills and critical literacies with young students undertaking high school studies. In this paper, we analyze the experience of this Gulbenkian knowledge academy in Portalegre and assess the youngsters’ engagement in this national collaborative experience. The goal of this paper is to contribute with local empirical data for the much-needed structured knowledge about how a media and communication agenda can empower youngsters for a more demanding world reading.
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Comunicação Jornalismo Literacia mediática Jovens Portalegre (Portugal)
Citation
Bonixe, L., & Bonacho, F. (2021, sep, 06-09). Empowering high school youngsters: Portalegre’s Gulbenkian knowledge academy. Paper presented at 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA): Panel: A national media agenda for a Knowledge Gulbenkian Academy: Empowering young citizens, online conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
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European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)