The document discusses the role of media in civic education in Belarus. It notes that civic education includes understanding, knowledge, feelings, and emotions. While offline civic activism like campaigns and seminars reach less than 1% of citizens, the internet provides a unique space for civic education in Belarus. It outlines several internet projects for civic content and notes that more are needed. It also describes the Association for Life-Long Learning and Enlightenment and its goal of coordinating additional and non-formal civic education. Finally, it discusses the "Grazhdanstvennost.BY" campaign launched by the association to promote civic participation and create civic media products.

1. The role of the media in civic
education
Svetlana Antashkevich
Association for Life-Long Learning and Enlightenment
Minsk, 2014

2. stereotypes
•Civic Education = patriotic
education
•Civic education is what we learn
at school

3. Civic education includes
•an understanding
• knowledge
• feelings
•emotions

4. Civic education broadcast
•media,
•cinema,
•music,
•theater,
•etc

5. Offline civic activism
•Actions, campaigns, festivals,
round tables, lectures, seminars
and trainings have very little
coverage of the audience (less
than 1% of the citizens)

6. Internet- activism
• In our actual situation Internet is a unique area
of freedom.
• In the current Belarusian situation Internet is
only really free space for civic education and
enlightenment.
• And it requires some specific forms of formats.

7. In Belarus there`re few Internet – projects
with civic content:
• Budzma!
• Apantanyja
• Art-siadziba
• etc.
• Belarusian civic education strongly needs much
more content

8. The Association of Life-Long
Learning and
Enlightenment is a non-
commercial association, uniting
13 educational organizations and
establishments of Belarus.
Association`s activity is aimed at
coordination of development of
the additional and non-formal
and civic education in Belarus.

9. Grazhdanstvennost.BY
• Campaign "Grazhdanstvennost.BY" was
launched by the Association for Life-Long
Learning and Enlightenment in 2011 and aims to
promote the idea of ​​consolidation of
Belarusian society, productive collective
actions of citizens , the principles of respect
and trust of citizens to each other, pride and
respect for the people, the country's history and
responsibility for its future.

10. Grazhdanstvennost.BY
•Our goal is
• promote the idea of ​​active citizenship
and participations
• to organize a systematic work on
creating of civic art products

11. Grazhdanstvennost.BY
• http://adukatar.net/
• http://grazhdanstvennostby.blogspot.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Grazdanstvennostby
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtfbJCn_j51ibZSwA1
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