Critical Information Literacy

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Activity 1

Read and watch the following resources and then answer the quiz.

• Willingham, A. J. (2016). Here’s How to Outsmart Fake News in Your Facebook Feed.

• Video (duration 3 m 41 sec) – “How false news can spread” by Noah Tavlin. TED-E.

 

 

• Wyman, J. (2017). How to Identify Fake News in 10 Steps.

Activity 2

Play "Bad News Game", a multiple award-winning fake news intervention aimed at building psychological resistance against online misinformation, produced by the Dutch media platform "DROG" in collaboration with University of Cambridge scientists

Click on the link

Activity 3

Play "Go Viral!", a 5-minute game that helps protect you against COVID-19 misinformation,  produced by the Dutch media platform "DROG" in collaboration with University of Cambridge scientists

Click on the link

Activity 4 (Optional)

Write a blog post article that explains which game (Go viral or Bad New Games) they like more and the utility of this kind of resource in order to evaluate and critically analyze information.