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codetekt is a non-profit association that develops strategies and solutions against misinformation in online articles, news from social media or messenger apps. codetekt has developed a community-based platform, will offer digital education from March 2023 and is committed to fighting misinformation across borders in the German-speaking world.
Mis and disinformation are omnipresent and its spread is becoming more and more intense, among other things due to digitalization. Every day we receive a flood of information that we want and should filter out for trustworthy, valid information and fake, ...
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Media literacy skills, knowledge and confidence are fundamental in being able to navigate our fast-paced digital world. Young people need to be inspired and supported to engage with the news and media they consume, understand how it is produced and develop the critical analysis skills to recognise mis and disinformation.
For 20 years, our award winning news and media literacy programmes Behind the Headlines (for young people aged 11-25) and NewsWise (for children aged 7-11) have been addressing this need by delivering innovative workshops, resources and training rooted in journalism production,...
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Fighting disinformation cannot only be about debunking and fact checking. We also need to tackle the long term and complex task of building trust in our societies, in which engaging all societal groups to participate in the democratic conversation can play an important role. This insight gave us, Swedish journalists, the idea of Mobile Stories – a publishing tool helping students to become trustworthy citizen journalists with a real-life audience outside of school.
It was when working as a reporter and photographer in the early 2010s, that we noticed that things were changing around us. We inc...
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The successful Dutch Media Literacy Week 2022 – Like and Cancel (November 4 to 11) is behind us. This year, the campaign to raise awareness for media literacy was geared towards promoting prosocial behaviour online. By standing up for another when witnessing offensive behaviour online, you’re making clear that it’s unacceptable. If we work together, we can change the social norms enabling this kind of hurtful behaviour.
The yearly Media Literacy Week, organised by the Dutch Media Literacy Network, draws attention to critical, instructive and – above all – positive media use. Primary schools and...
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