Infographic for Fake News and/or Propaganda
Media has always been used for propaganda, but new tech often obscures from its audiences the ways it manipulates them. Deep fakes, fake news, propagation of lies, dissemination of FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt to hijack good social construction of shared realities have all wreaked havoc on the social fabric.
There are many questions and issues raised by the emergence of these tech and their uses. Some sample questions might be:
- How can I verify the credibility of this article, news, social media pot, etc?
- In an age of polarization, what are some tips to re-build trust among your peers, neighborhood, community?
- What kinds of social or digital media are the most trustworthy? Can you suggest a list of credible sources?
- What is the effect of political figures lying and accusing their fact-checkers of lying? Who benefits when we have a harder time discerning the truth?
- Do you know a story of someone fooled by some fake news or suspect media? Can you tell it as a warning?
Your task is to 1) research and 2) consider personal experiences, 3) visualize one issue you feel is critical today.
- Search: Begin with your own experience and your own circle of family, friends, colleagues to get examples of how this might be working.
- Research: Use class articles and a few of your own (list all sources) to research how these tactics are working and how they influence people. You might ask how & why they are hard to notice. Gather good data to support your insights, like statistic, examples, quotes, cases etc to create a visualization.
- Visualize: Find a fitting Canva templates for infographics (or other infographic template) that matches your data best, and use that to tell a story of the main issues in your chosen examples and research. Cite Sources with brief title using links to original sources.
