Civic education AGGRESSIVE COMMUNICATION Aggressive communication is quite frequent and occurs through provocations or attacks aimed at the interlocutor, their actions, skills, and characteristics, with the aim of denigrating them. Today, aggressive communication often takes place on social networks, blogs, and chats, often taking very vulgar and violent forms since these media guarantee the aggressor distance and even anonymity. The word used to refer to people who use harsh and critical comments to bring another person down by making them look or feel bad is hater. 16 GROUP WORK Read the manifesto of non-hostile communication. Rank the principles according to the most important for you and then prepare an infographic to make it more immediate for primary school children. The Manifesto of Non-Hostile Communication The Manifesto of Non-Hostile Communication is a commitment to shared responsibility. It aims to encourage respectful behaviour. It wants the Internet to be a welcoming and safe place for everyone. 5. Words are bridges: I choose words to understand, make myself understood, and get close to others. 6. Words have consequences: I am aware that what I say or write can have consequences, small or serious. 1. Virtual is real: On the Internet, I only write or say what I would dare to say in person. 7. Share with care: I share texts and images only after I have reads, assessed, and understood them. 2. You are what you communicate: The words I choose define who I am. They represent me. 8. Ideas can be discussed. People must be respected: Those whose views and opinions differ from mine are not enemies to be destroyed. 3. Words shape the way I think: I take all the time I need to express my views in the best possible way. 4. Listen before you speak: No one can always be right, and nor am I. I listen, with an honest and open-minded attitude. 9. An insult is not an argument: I accept no offensive and aggressive words, even if they support my point of view. 10. Silence says something too: When it s better to keep quiet I do. Adapted from: https://paroleostili.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/manifesto_a4_ENG_verticale.pdf 17 24 GROUP WORK Represent a hater both with an illustration and an emoji. Communication and psychology