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Project

Increasing children's resilience towards misinformation

This project studies how to make children (8-12 years old) more resilient against disinformation by focusing on media literacy, both on the side of (youth) journalists and on the side of children. For journalists, we develop a child policy and conversation guide: recommendations for responsible reporting on disinformation tailored to children. These recommendations include ethical guidelines on how to report on fake news tailored to children and how to respond to questions that come in around disinformation. On the children's side, we provide innovative educational materials focused on how children deal with disinformation. These methodologies and teaching aids can be used in the Media Literacy Curriculum in primary education. In addition, the project includes a checkpoint for disinformation on social media, to which children can send messages about which they have doubts. This checkpoint supports journalists, children, and researchers alike, as it allows disinformation to be monitored and countered via reactions and news reports. This research project is a collaboration between research groups (Arteveldehogeschool, Odisee, University of Antwerp), the news media sector (VVJ), the media wisdom field (imec-Mediawijs), knowledge institutions (Scivil, KeKi) and development partners (gameWise and Het Geluidshuis).
Date:1 Jan 2023 →  Today
Keywords:DIDACTICS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY, DIALOGUE
Disciplines:Arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogics, Primary education, Media education
Project type:Collaboration project