Task 3 – Why is it important to reconstruct Fake News?

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Expected duration: 45 minutes

To understand that the ability of reconstructing Fake News about minorities is part of intercultural competence and critical citizenship.

Choose and read one of the texts proposed. Identify key-ideas: the capacity to read and interpret information in a digital era is related to the critical citizenship?

Cover, R., Haw, A., & Thompson, J.D. (2022). Marginalising the Marginalised: Fake News as a Tool of Populist Power. In R. Cover, A. Haw, & J.D. Thompson (Eds), Fake News in Digital Cultures: Technology, Populism and Digital Misinformation (pp. 93-107). Emerald Publishing Limited – https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-876-120221007
LaGarde, J., & Hudgins, D. (2018). Fact vs. fiction: Teaching critical thinking skills in the age of Fake News. International Society for Technology in Education – https://www.proquest.com/legacydocview/EBC/5880820?accountid=26357 or https://books.google.pt/books/about/Fact_Vs_Fiction.html?id=b6x_tQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y