Understanding Disinformation...

Service Description

Facilitator: LEKAN OTUFODUNRIN Course Title: Understanding Disinformation & Fact-Checking Skills & Tools Course Objectives: • To deepen participants’ understanding of disinformation and its impact on society and the media. • To build practical skills for verifying information, images and digital content. • To enable participants integrate fact-checking tools into everyday media and communication work. Course Outline: 1. Understanding disinformation, misinformation and malinformation 2. Drivers and spread of false information in the digital age 3. Common disinformation actors, motives and tactic 4. Fact-checking principles and ethical considerations 5. Verification of text, images and videos 6. Practical fact-checking tools and platforms 7. Integrating fact-checking into newsroom and content workflows