How is disinformation being spread?

This building block belongs to Digital Toolkit

Learning Objectives

• Students can explain why and how fake news is spread (role of trolling; role of sharing).
• Students gain knowledge about disinformation campaigns.
• Students understand how a campaign is created step by step.

Skills

Students critically verify posts before liking, forwarding or sharing them, especially if they evoke sad or happy reactions.

Description

• Knowledge
• Knowledge of disinformation campaigns.

Attitudes

Learners critically check the content of messages before liking, forwarding or sharing them, especially when the message makes them super sad or happy.

How best to use it

This building block can be used in various school subjects and is suitable for teachers who want to contribute to their students' critical awareness, thinking skills and practical skills when it comes to misinformation. It can be included in many ways, such as in math lessons on graphing, social studies, politics classes, geography, history and languages.