E8: Matteo Bergamini - Political & Media Literacy

The 21st Century Change Agent

Welcome to an episode #2 of 2021! I didn't lie when I told you that I have an extra special line up for you this year!
For today's episode I got together with Matteo Bergamini, the Founder and CEO of ShoutOut UK, which is an award winning education brand, which providing world class training and programmes on Media & Political literacy.

Matteo is a social entrepreneur and political and media literacy expert. His success record is very impressive that include such achievements as partnering with the Channel 4 to host the first ever Youth Leader's Debate to revamping the Political Literacy Course to include Media Literacy. He is now working with over 700 schools across the UK.

On this episode you'll learn about:

1) How do we know that something is real and has happened?
2) Understanding your bias
3) How do we ensure quality journalism in the 'digital age'?
4) Facebook's role in combating the 'fake news'
5) How has language evolved & how has media used (and misused it)?

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You can follow and reach out to Matteo via:
Twitter: @MatteoBergamini & @Shoutout_UK
Instagram: shoutoutuk_official
LinkedIn: matteobergamini
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: www.shoutoutuk.org
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Twitter: @BaibaZiga and @Consulting_LHC
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Website: www.lakehouse-consulting.com
Baiba is a People and Culture Transformation Consultant, with passion for cultural intelligence and leadership development. Get in touch with Baiba to talk about how she can help your organisation with cultural literacy and leadership development on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion intelligence.
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Further reading:
https://theconversation.com/how-fake-accounts-constantly-manipulate-what-you-see-on-social-media-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-139610
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10584609.2019.1674979