The DOMINOES MOOC will enable you to strengthen your digital resilience to disinformation and improve some of the key competences defined in the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens. By the end of this online course, you will better understand what disinformation is in the current technological context, how it works, what its impact is and what measures can be taken to combat it.
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Welcome: about, objectives and couse staff
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Forums rules
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Course Guide (PDF)
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Conflict and its manifestation in the information environment: hybrid warfare/treats, cognitive and information warfare
Legitimate and illegitimate use of information and persuasion in the information environment: disinformation, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), cyber information operations
Case studies of hostile narratives and conspiracy theories by authoritarian state and non-state actors
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Facts, judgment, detached information reporting and opinion expression in the digital era: the exploitation of errors of judgement and the vulnerability of groups
Political and social factors: polarization and decline in trust in expertise and authority
Technological developments and their impact on opinion formation: social media, artificial intelligences, synthetic content, and the future of hostile influence
Evaluation
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Transnational and regulatory responses to disinformation/FIMI and resilience building
Critical thinking, media and digital literacies
Fact-checking, argument-checking, debunking and pre-bunking
Evaluation
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Strategic, anticipatory, and current analysis of disinformation and information-led hostile influencing
Tech-driven solutions and emerging technologies to counter disinformation
Planning, design, and implementation of counter-narratives and positive contentbunking
Evaluation
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Debunk simulation
Deepfakes against deepfakes: producing synthetic content exercise
