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The Role of the “VANG” Organization in Media Literacy of the Young Generation of Croatia

Due to the lack of formal media literacy during primary and secondary (and, to considerable extent, university) education in Croatia, there is a need for various forms of informal approaches to systematic media study. In these surroundings, the role of media experts, theoreticians and participants is of great importance, as they take part, as volunteers, in the process of creating and holding education programs for young media users in the form of seminars organized by non-profit organizations. The paper consists of a survey conducted among the participants of media literacy seminars organized by the non-profit organization “The wave of a new generation” (VANG) with the purpose to determine: the reasons for attending the seminars, the satisfaction with the seminars, as well as the opinion on the obligatory media literacy in formal education. Out of 150 seminar participants, 46 or 31% responded and filled in the questionnaires appropriately and, according to results, 67% are completely satisfied with the seminars frequented, 43% of respondents do not have experience with media literacy in formal education, while 74% of respondents confirmed that the possibility of free additional education had encouraged them to attend the seminars. As high as 89% of respondents believe that media literacy should be a part of formal education: in primary schools as part of extracurricular activities/projects/workshops (50%), in secondary schools as a distinct subject (50%), and within university education as an optional course (61%).

VANG organization; media literacy of the young generation; survey

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