Premises:
– Fake news spreads 70% faster than real news, and new real-time information channels such as social media facilitate the efficiency of their transmission.
– Romania is in the last places in a European ranking conducted in April 2021 on vulnerability to false news and young people are more prone to be affected by false news.
Purpose:
– Testing the degree of permeability to misinformation campaigns among young people
– Checking knowledge about international organizations
– Development of the critical apparatus
– Correct information on international organizations
– Assessing the measures already taken by online platforms, media outlets, and civil society organizations to combat the spread of false news in the online environment
Activities
– Online questionnaire to test knowledge about IO and the risk of being fooled by disinformation
– Development and distribution of innovative materials specific to the online environment – (Tips for detecting fake news (1), infographics, use trustworthy sources)
– Student workshop – contest (new quiz )
Themes:
– Romania’s membership in NATO / EU
– The role of NATO / EU at a global level
– NATO / EU partnership
– NATO summits and exercises
– EU meetings
– How do we recognize misinformation
– How to inform ourselves correctly
– Examples of news that contain misinformation