Beyond media stereotyping. Media education as an opportunity to disclose everyday discrimination

This paper presents a media education intervention against discrimination and to promote positive attitudes towards diversity. The intervention was carried out in Italy in 2013-14 within the wider context of the European project e-Engagement against violence and involved about 25 students who were engaged in media analysis and production activities around media othering strategies and reporting diversity. The paper illustrates and discusses the results of the intervention, and provide some conclusive considerations on the role of media education to promote antidiscriminatory attitudes.