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Fake News and Information Literacy
Fake News and Information Literacy
Participants become familiar with methods of critical thinking (from the field of media ecology) for understanding the strategies behind the production of fake news. They learn how to navigate the abundance of information in the media environment and raise awareness of their own media selves. Participants learn about: the difference between information, misinformation, and disinformation; the effects of fake information…
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Should Fake News Become the Most Important Content of Media News Programs?
Should Fake News Become the Most Important Content of Media News Programs?
The ability of media users to recognize fake news is perceived as one of the most important elements of citizens’ media literacy. Critical understanding of media content certainly helps us resist or avoid various forms of information manipulation that we encounter today, both in traditional media and in other channels and forms of communication, on social networks or in interpersonal…
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