How to spot fake news? – Classroom Ciberimaginario

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Virtual learning activity introduction?

What is Crescent? Virtual learning activity, objectives, outcomes, activities

Section 1. Evaluating Online Information: Logical Fallacies

Section 2. Spot the Fakes

Section 3. New technologies and disinformation. The threat of deep fakes

Section 4. Addressing the challenge of fake news, disinformation, and covert influence in the Digital Era

Section 5. Advanced Analytic and Critical Thinking Toolkit

Section 6. Countering disinformation with professional and ethical journalism?

Hands-on hard news reporting and analysis journalism

Conclusions and feedback. Farewell

How to spot fake news?

Consider the source, check the author, check the date, check your cognitive biases, read the whole article, consult alternative sources, check if it is a joke and consult the experts.

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Virtual learning activity introduction?

What is Crescent?00:02:30

Initial Evaluation Form00:08:00

Section 1. Evaluating Online Information: Logical Fallacies

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S1 & S2

Readings and activities02:00:00

What is logical reasoning?00:05:00

Principles of logical reasoning, judgement and types of evidence00:05:00

Identifying and avoiding logical fallacies00:05:00

CRESCEnt Advanced Analytic and Critical Thinking Toolkit00:05:00

Section 2. Spot the Fakes

Readings and activities02:00:00

How to spot fake news?00:05:00

How to fight fake news?00:05:00

Section 3. New technologies and disinformation. The threat of deep fakes

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S3

Readings and activities02:00:00

Images generated by deepfake technology00:05:00

How to spot Deepfake images of people00:05:00

Generative medias00:05:00

Security threats in the Digital Era00:05:00

Section 4. Addressing the challenge of fake news, disinformation, and covert influence in the Digital Era

Guest speaker lecture hosted by URJC: Stéphane M. Grueso00:36:56

Information and influence operations in the cyberspace00:10:00

The EUvsDisinfo project00:05:00

Analysis and assessment of information campaigns as a part of hybrid threat influence operations00:05:00

Security, Asymmetric Threats and Communication00:05:00

Section 5. Advanced Analytic and Critical Thinking Toolkit

Guest speaker lecture hosted by MVNIA: Professor Alina Bârgaoanu00:59:04

Five-Step Fact-Checking00:05:00

Tips for video verification00:05:00

Covert information warfare – Busted!00:12:38

Section 6. Countering disinformation with professional and ethical journalism?

Guest speakers lecture hosted by KEMEA: Prof. Christos Frangonikolopoulos and Assoc. Prof. Nikos Panagiotou01:01:36

Journalism genres: understanding the differences between hard news reporting, interpretive journalism, and opinion00:7:00

Visual Journalism00:05:00

Conclusions and feedback. Farewell

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S4

Impact evaluation Form – Virtual learning activities CRESCENT Final00:10:00

Individual Assignments

Virtual learning activity introduction?

Initial Evaluation Form00:08:00

Section 1. Evaluating Online Information: Logical Fallacies

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S1 & S2

Principles of logical reasoning, judgement and types of evidence00:05:00

Identifying and avoiding logical fallacies00:05:00

CRESCEnt Advanced Analytic and Critical Thinking Toolkit00:05:00

Section 2. Spot the Fakes

How to fight fake news?00:05:00

Section 3. New technologies and disinformation. The threat of deep fakes

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S3

How to spot Deepfake images of people00:05:00

Generative medias00:05:00

Security threats in the Digital Era00:05:00

Section 4. Addressing the challenge of fake news, disinformation, and covert influence in the Digital Era

Guest speaker lecture hosted by URJC: Stéphane M. Grueso00:36:56

The EUvsDisinfo project00:05:00

Analysis and assessment of information campaigns as a part of hybrid threat influence operations00:05:00

Security, Asymmetric Threats and Communication00:05:00

Section 5. Advanced Analytic and Critical Thinking Toolkit

Guest speaker lecture hosted by MVNIA: Professor Alina Bârgaoanu00:59:04

Tips for video verification00:05:00

Covert information warfare – Busted!00:12:38

Section 6. Countering disinformation with professional and ethical journalism?

Guest speakers lecture hosted by KEMEA: Prof. Christos Frangonikolopoulos and Assoc. Prof. Nikos Panagiotou01:01:36

Visual Journalism00:05:00

Conclusions and feedback. Farewell

CRESCEnt – Virtual learning activity C3 – S4

Impact evaluation Form – Virtual learning activities CRESCENT Final00:10:00

Individual Assignments

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