SMILES is a media literacy project that aims to help young people learn how to fight disinformation. It offers a digital toolkit in English divided into blocks, each of them addressing a different topic. Teachers and educators can download the recourses for free, including slides, videos and handouts. Please click on the link below to
The most recent Digital News report shows new insights on digital news consumption based on a survey of over 93,000 online news consumers in 46 markets covering half of the world’s population. The material is useful for people who want to have a better understanding of the current state of digital news consumption around the
Childnet is a UK-based charity that aims to empower children, young people, and those who support them in their online lives, making the internet an enjoyable and safe place for children and young people. On their website, there are free resources for both teachers and parents, and they can be filtered by age group (3
The goal of this game is to expose the tactics and manipulation techniques that are used to mislead people and build up a following. Bad News works as a psychological “vaccine” against disinformation: according to the developers, playing it builds cognitive resistance against common forms of manipulation that you may encounter online. Please click on
In this report, Ofcom used a variety of methods to gain an insight into the online news landscape and how people consume online news. The use of social media as people’s main route to access news blurs the boundaries between news, entertainment, and social content, which creates difficulty in thinking critically when it comes to
Interland, developed by Google, is an online adventure that teaches kids aged between 7-12 the key lessons of internet safety through four challenging games. Please click on the link below to access the content:
This programme developed by the Guardian Foundation aims to empower young people to understand, critically analyse, engage with and participate in the media. It offers resources that can be used to support and embed news and media literacy across the secondary curriculum, such as lesson guidance, display materials, worksheets and news vocabulary fact files. Please
These monthly briefs are a good source for teachers who want to discuss disinformation in the classroom. They provide an overview of the disinformation narratives with highest circulations in the month previous to publication. Please click on the link below to access the content: