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4. MEDIA LITERACY AND NEW DIGITAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM

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  1. New Media Ecosystem and Media Education 3.0
    6 Topics
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    4 Quizzes
  2. Platforms: The Power of GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft)
    5 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
  3. Algorithms and Their Role in Contemporary Digital Media Business
    6 Topics
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    4 Quizzes
  4. Netflix and Algorithmic Literacy
    6 Topics
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    4 Quizzes
  5. Fact-Checking Services as New Form of Digital Media
    5 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
    1. What Does Fact-Checking Mean?
      1. What Does Fact-Checking Mean? – Task 1
    2. Why Is Fact-Checking Booming?
      1. Why Is Fact-Checking Booming? – Task 2
    3. How Do Fact-Checking Services Operate?
      1. How Do Fact-Checking Services Operate? – Final Task
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    5. Additional Learning Materials

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Fact-Checking Services as New Form of Digital Media

Mil 9 September 2021

The Corona pandemic created an infodemic described by the World Health Organization as an overabundance of information, some accurate and some not. The stormy flow of rumours, conspiracy theories and other fabricated content related to corona virus in social media are mixed with journalistic news and significant number of official statements. 🧐

It creates confusion in society: people don’t understand what is true and what is not and where to get reliable information which is significant for their health or even for surviving. Efforts of governments and different organizations have largely been focused on promoting fact-checking as debunking and counteracting false and misleading information.

🤔 What exactly does it mean? And how does it work? Who is paying for it? Is it effective?

Let’s search for answers together! 🤓