Journalism, Fake News and MisinformationA UNESCO MODEL COURSE FOR JOURNALISM TEACHERS WORLDWIDE

SLIDE DECK FOR THE MODULETHINKING ABOUT INFORMATION DISORDER: The seven formats of Mis-and Dis-Information By Claire Wardle and Hossein Derakhshan

Can you guess what event caused this spike in

searches for the term fake news?

Watch this video from Trump’s press conference on

January 11, 2017

Do you know the difference between misinformation

and disinformation?

Misinformation is information that is false, but the

person who is disseminating it believes that it is true.

Disinformation is information that is false, and the

person who is disseminating it knows it is false. It is a

deliberate, intentional lie.

In pairs or small groups, can you find examples that fit

into these 7 categories?

Do you agree with this Venn diagram? Does it make

sense to you?

Three Phases of Information Disorder

Can you find a piece of disinformation and work your

way through these categories and questions? How

many of them can you answer?

Three Phases of Information Disorder

Screenshot of the fabricated news

article published in July 2016 on

WTOE5News.com (The site no longer

exists).

Using the example of the ‘Pope

Francis Shocks World, Endorses

Donald Trump for President,

Releases Statement’ fabricated news

articles to test the Three Phases of

Information Disorder

Can you find a piece of disinformation and work your

way through the different phases like the example

we’ve just worked through?