Fact-checking, Misinformation and AI

The subject is designed to equip students with skills and knowledge relating to online fact-checking practices for digital audiences. The subject combines an analytical and practice-based approach by introducing students to critical issues of misinformation and other informational shifts in public communication. It trains students in the identification and verification of problematic information, and the use of automated and AI tools and genres to carry out fact-checking and explanatory journalism. Students will discuss recent research and applied literature and participate in hands-on sessions and gain insights from guest industry practitioners.