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An open project providing links to useful websites and tools for educating about media literacy and the fight against propaganda
Fake news
Fake news
It is news that is mostly unverified or is a falsehood or a lie containing only partially true elements, with the aim of manipulating public opinion.
Go viral is an information page made by University of Cambridge and the UK government that is showing people how to spot misinformation about corona virus while playing 5 minutes question game in a funny way. This tool is available in use more than 10+ languages.
This is an e-library that you can find reliable fact checkers links and detect fake news. Also there are some sources about the pages so you can check veracity of the information.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
It is a type of intelligence controlled by a machine created by a human by imitating human intelligence.
Nvidia has created an artificial intelligence system that is able to generate faces of people that look extremely realistic based on a huge database.
This website was created by Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom in response to the development of artificial intelligence able to generate the faces of non-existent people. As they say: 'Our aim is to make you aware of the ease with which digital identities can be faked, and to help you spot these fakes at a single glance.'
Fallacies
Fallacies
Fallacy is reasoning that is incorrect and yet has the appearance of logical validity.
A fallacy is a logical mistake that is used in the current language. It is widespread in medias and political speeches. Here is a link that repertories different fallacies you can find in the daily life.
Harvard University in collaboration with Washington, Virginia and Yale universities created this Bias test in order to develop further studies around people’s attitudes and beliefs around topics. This study not only provides key data for the population analysis, it also gives the chance to the participants to improve their self-knowledge.
Online Courses
Online Courses
Many universities and platforms offer free courses, including on media literacy and propaganda.
In this course tools are offered regarding design and communication in the media, for the creation of an artifact like infographic, slide-show, website or video.
In this course you will gain personal development, you will be able to analyze and write about digital literacy and social medias. You will get the ability to do researches about information you get in the medias.
"Skepsis vs. Propaganda" project took place in Sivas, Turkey in June 2022. Almost 30 people of different nationalities represented 8 countries of the European Union in a joint action.Learn more about the organisation
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