Setting up a communication strategy to debunk fake news and science myths
This 4-session workshop will guide you on how to go about setting up a fact-checking and science communication program, aimed at debunking fake news and educating citizens.
This week's objectives
Misinformation in and about science
OECD Report on Public Communication : The Global Context and the Way Forward - Read chapter 6
Misinformed about the ‘infodemic?’ science’s ongoing struggle with misinformation
"Canal Detox" : one example of a strategy designed by a public institution
This week's objectives
Considering different types of interventions
Inoculation and prebunking : example of a serious game created by Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab
Debunking interventions - identifying the topics you want to cover
This week's objectives
check list
Testing your intervention
This week's objectives
Study : Mediatization of science within the scientist-journalist relationship
Study : " How influencers communicate on Instagram about dieting and exercise: mixed methods research"