Fakespotting Training

Curriculum

6 Sections
20 Lessons
Lifetime

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MODULE 1: NEW INFORMATION SPACE
7
MODULE 2: SOCIAL MEDIA Vs REGULAR MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA DISINFORMATION & RADICALIZATION
8
MODULE 3: TYPES OF MANIPULATION
10
MODULE 4: LATERAL READING
6
MODULE 5: IDENTIFICATION OF FALSE CONTENT
3
MODULE 6: IMPACTS OF DISINFORMATION
2
- 6.1
  M6. IMPACTS OF DISINFORMATION
- 6.2
  M6. EXERCISES: IMPACTS OF DISINFORMATION
  4 Questions

M3. EXERCISE 4. Reflection

A duplicate photograph of Nicolas Sarkozy in his swimming costume. One of them is manipulated, in the waist area, to make him look slimmer.

The weekly news magazine L’Express owned by a close friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy doctored a photograph of the French leader to make his waist look thinner.

How far should we go when making such “small improvements” in images used by news media outlets?

Please, write your reflection here.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

News media are not allowed at all to remove details or elements from photographs.

What may be the ethical problems in this case?

Please, write your reflection here.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Altering the reality.

M3. EXERCISE 4

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