Go verify! Intensive course in fact-checking as journalistic method (1d)

Welcome and course introduction

Part I: Understanding and countering information influence activities

Part II: Digital verification tools

Introduction: the Verification Toolbox

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Countering information influence activities. A handbook for journalists

Course evaluation and feedback

Course certificate

Test your knowledge about malign information influence activities!

1. What is the first focus when trying to determine information influence activities?1

consstency of content over time

target audience

strategic ‘othering’ of groups

2. Select the correct process for identifying a fake expert.1

research author’s professional and personal life

consider how the text adheres to the outlet’s political agenda and where that news provider fits into the broader ecosystem of news

check the author's credentials, publication date, and cross-reference all reports to ensure trustworthy information

3. Please name the six techniques of malign influence activities as explained in the 'Handbook'1

fake experts, Ai-generated images, conspiracy theories, propaganda, evil intentions, lies

bandwagon, fire hosing, straw man, JAQ-ing, sealioning, ad hominem

social and cognitive hacking, deceptive identities, symbolic actions, malicious rhetoric, disinformation, technical exploitation

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