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

Six techniques of malign information influence activities

Welcome and course introduction

Most welcome to "Go verify! Intensive course in fact-checking and verification as journalistic method"

Introduction lecture: Powerpoint

Part I: Understanding and countering information influence activities

Part II: Digital verification tools

Introduction: the Verification Toolbox

Introduction: The Verification Toolbox - short lecture

Introduction: The Verification Toolbox - script and links

Exercise 1

Exercise 1: Reverse image search - fundamentals (short lecture)

Exercise 1: Reverse image search – script and links

Exercise 2

Exercise 2: Forensic image analysis (short lecture)

Exercise 2: Forensic image analysis – script and links

Exercise 3

Exercise 3: Metadata analysis (short lecture)

Exercise 3: Metadata analysis – script and links

Exercise 4

Exercise 4: AI-manipulated digital content (short lecture)

Exercise 4: AI manipulated content – script and links

Exercise 5

Exercise 5: Digital archiving and archive research (short lecture)

Exercise 5: Digital archiving – script and links

Countering information influence activities. A handbook for journalists

Course evaluation and feedback

Course evaluation and feedback

Course certificate

Course certificate

	SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE HACKING • Dark ads • Bandwagon effects • Spiral of silence • Echo chambers and filter bubbles
	DECEPTIVE IDENTITIES • Shills • Impostors and cheats • Counterfeits • Potemkin villages • Fake media
	SYMBOLIC ACTIONS • Leaking • Hacking • Public demonstrations
	MALICIOUS RHETORIC • Ad hominem • Whataboutism • Gish-gallop • Strawman • Hijacking
	DISINFORMATION • Fabrication • Manipulation • Misappropriation • Satire and parody
	TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION • Bots • Sockpuppets • Deepfakes • Phishing