Media & information literacy and fact-checking

Articles about the effectiveness of donor and foundation-supported media literacy and fact-checking programmes to address disinformation & information disorder.

Please note that this resource page focuses on the effectiveness of donor and foundation-supported programmes to support the sustainability and viability of journalism.

It does not attempt to summarise the wealth of material on the sustainability of journalism.

Nieman Lab - LAURA HAZARD OWEN

"Journalists are quick to blame social media for spreading fake news but slow to examine their own role. They work within the web, a networked environment, but seem not to understand how that network works."

Iffy News - BARRETT GOLDING

DK Akademie- THOMAS BREY

“Though Serbia has strong ties with Western Europe, most Serbs consider Russia to be their closest partner. That’s because of the narrative peddled by Kremlin-funded outlets like Sputnik, which dominate the airwaves.”

Nieman Labs - CIARA GREENE

“Some participants even developed false memories about the fake stories they had read…’Remembering’ previously hearing a fake COVID-19 story seemed to make some people in our study more likely to act in a certain way.”

Stanford Social Innovation Review - KRISTIN M. LORD & KATYA VOGT

“If the world is going to stop deliberate or unintentional misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks, particularly human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy.”

Center for Media Data and Society

This article summarises some of the findings from a CMDS report, which found that fact-checkers find reaching their audience, using social media effectively, gaining credibility, and achieving an impact the most important impact-related challenges in their work.

CIMA - ALEKSANDER DARDELI (IREX)

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