
Disinformation Debunked
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Persons
Nicoleta Corbu is Professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania. She is the director of the Interdisciplinary PhD School (SNSPA) and executive director of the Center for Research in Communication. She is Vice Chair of ECREA Political Communication section. She is the recipient of a Fulbright grant in the United States (University of Georgia, 2008-2009), and was visiting professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (2012). She is currently part of BROD EDMO hub (European Media Digital Observatory) and member of the Network of European Political Communication Scholars (NEPOCS) since 2018. She has published books and papers on political communication and education policies.
Content
Introduction
Section 1. Fighting disinformation from a theoretical perspective. Designing Projects YouCheck! and YouVerify!
1. The state-of-the-art in combating mis- and disinformation: Lessons from pre- and debunking approaches
2. The Political Economy of Fact-Checking: From Hope to Reality Check
3. MIL theories and the fight against disinformation in practice: projects YouCheck! and YouVerify!
Section 2. Fighting disinformation from a practical perspective. Results of projects YouCheck! and YouVerify!
4. Using tools to fight disinformation in and outside the classrooms: Evidence from four countries
5. Scaling up the fight against disinformation: the MOOC "Disinformation Step by Step" in project YouVerify!
6. The role of facilitation to foster participation and ensure knowledge transfer in media and information literacy: the case of the MOOC "Disinformation Step by Step"
7. Fighting against disinformation: measuring effects in Spain
8. 21st-century skills: enforcing resilience and critical thinking against visual disinformation through serious games
Section 3. Fighting mis- and disinformation from a policy making perspective. Solutions from projects YouCheck! and YouVerify!
9. Fighting disinformation: evidence for policy making
10. Public policies to fight disinformation actively through media and information literacy
Conclusions