Immune 2 Infodemic (I2I) Final Conference

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Immune 2 Infodemic (I2I) Final Conference

Immunising citizens against mis/disinformation: Tools, Methods, and Findings

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Inoculation (vaccination) against misinformation is not a new concept, but it has gained renewed attention thanks to recent work by Sander van der Linden, Melisa Basol and their team at Cambridge University, who have been actively applying and researching this theory. They used gamification as a tool for vaccination people against mis/disinformation, and the results were promising.

I2I project aimed to vaccinate people with a similar goal for increasing their resilience or immunising them against spreading mis/disinformation viruses on selected topics: migration, elections and health.

I2I developed easy-to-use tools for the general public including youth, elderly and the most vulnerable using social media. These tools include Critical Thinking (CT), Media & Information Literacy (MIL) and Digital Information Literacy (DIL).

The vaccinations were implemented through online and in-person events, workshops and also a recently launched e-learning that could be freely used by all citizens who want to immunize themselves.

This conference aims to share the I2I methodology and its findings and experiences with the target groups. Practitioners, decision/policy makers, educators and all interested ones can register and join our webinar conference.

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05 December 2024 (14:00 – 16:00 CET) (Online on MS Teams)

14:00-Welcome and Introduction

Elina Kuokkanen, Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)

14:05-Keynote Speech

“Building psychological resilience against misinformation”
Dr Melisa Basol, Social Psychologist, Founder & CEO of Pulse
Co-lead award winning prebunking initiative, ‘Go Viral!