[ecrea] new unesco publication: Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training

For pdf version:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002655/265552E.pdf

Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism 
Education and Training

This new publication by UNESCO is a timely resource and highly topical 
subject for all those who practice or teach journalism in this Digital Age.

Developments in the last few years have placed journalism under fire. A 
range of factors are transforming the communications landscape, raising 
questions about the quality, impact and credibility of journalism. At 
the same time, orchestrated campaigns are spreading untruths - 
disinformation, mal-information and misinformation - that are often 
unwittingly shared on social media:

-    Disinformation: Information that is false and deliberately created 
to harm a person, social group, organisation or country
-    Misinformation: Information that is false but not created with the 
intention of causing harm
-    Mal-information: Information that is based on reality, used to 
inflict harm on a person, social group, organisation or country.

Written by experts in the fight against disinformation, this handbook 
explores the very nature of journalism with modules on why trust 
matters; thinking critically about how digital technology and social 
platforms are conduits of the information disorder; fighting back 
against disinformation and misinformation through media and information 
literacy; fact-checking 101; social media verification and combatting 
online abuse.

This model curriculum is an essential addition to teaching syllabi for 
all journalism educators, as well as practicing journalists and editors 
who are interested in information, how we share it and how we use it. It 
is mission critical that those who practice journalism understand and 
report on the new threats to trusted information.  Political parties, 
health professionals, business people, scientists, election monitors and 
others will also find it useful.

For background information on this publication, click here: 
https://en.unesco.org/node/296002
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