Upcoming event
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!
14:20-I2I vaccination methodology
Fatih Yilmaz, Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)
14:35-I2I tools (DIL – MIL – CT) for resilience
Markus Neuvonen, FaktaBaari (Finland)
14:55-A short-demo of E-learning
Fatih Yilmaz – Elina Kuokkanen, Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)
15:15-Panel discussion: Vaccination Implementation Insights from 3 EU countries
Moderator Elina Kuokkanen, Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)
- Markus Neuvonen, FaktaBaari (Finland)
- Laura Bucher – Jordy Nijenhuis, Dare to be Grey (The Netherlands)
- Eveliina Hytonen, Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Fatih Yilmaz – Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)
15:50-Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Elina Kuokkanen, Beyond the Horizon ISSG (Belgium)
16:00-End
