The participants of the Plural workshop were instructed on what is to inform, attributes of the news, information as a human right, everyone’s responsibility in the dissemination of verifiable news, infocitizenship and how to produce auditory content
The Plural civil association continued to develop the Participation Program against Disinformation, an initiative promoted by this organization to educate about the importance of truthful information and offer tools to combat disinformation and fake news.
On this occasion they went to the Cataniapo community in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas state, to give a workshop to young people, teachers, community leaders and wise men from the Baré, Yeral and Uwottüja indigenous peoples in a workshop that took place this Thursday, March 11. August.
Plural imparted to the participants knowledge about what is to inform, attributes of the news, information as a human right, everyone’s responsibility in the dissemination of verifiable news, infocitizenship and how to produce auditory content; According to the organization in a press release.
“Plural’s objective with this training is to provide them with some tools that allow them to identify false news and how the community can appropriate it to avoid echoing rumors,” they explained.
The idea of the association is that information is not an exclusive element of journalists, but rather it is a human right and a social good shared by all citizens.
«Currently as parents we can learn how to make a link with our children of what is true and what is not. If we know the value of information, we will be empowered citizens”, said the director of Plural, Danisbel Gómez.
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When addressing the issue of misinformation, the participants agreed that it was incomplete information, meaningless, that it was a lie.
For her part, Gisela Rodríguez addressed the topic of infocitizenship and recalled the importance of citizens participating in the dissemination of news in their community, not only to denounce but also to publicize the positive activities in their environment.
The participants appreciated the possibility of sharing knowledge and that this type of activity is carried out in their community.
“This activity was good to share and meet other people. Every day we learn something new, we bring this to our community and that makes me happy,” said Marisol Camico, a member of the Uwottüja people.
While Keyla Álvarez, a descendant of the original Baré people, said that many times they can fall into misinformation, but without bad intentions.
“In our community we are informants and many times we unintentionally get carried away by misinformation, but rather we get carried away by some comment, by what everyone says,” he stressed.
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