Basics of Fact-Checking

Basics of Fact-Checking

 

  • How to verify images, text and videos that you receive on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.
  • Usage of online available tools in fact-checking.
  • How to identify where the image/ video is from and geolocating it using Google Earth and Google Maps.

Language: English

Instructors: Divya Chandra

₹349 14.33% OFF

₹299

Course Details

What will you learn in this course?

  • What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
  • How to verify images, text and videos that you receive on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.
  • Usage of online available tools in fact-checking.
  • How to identify where the image/ video is from and geolocating it using Google Earth and Google Maps.
  • In this course, participants will get a hands-on experience of learning how to use the fact-checking tools and applying them in their daily routine. 

How will the course help you?

  • It will help you in questioning the claims that you receive on social media, verifying them and not falling for online misinformation.
  • You will be able to make your friends and family members aware about the need to learn fact-checking and how to tackle the menace of misinformation. 
  • You will be better informed as your opinions are formed on the basis of the information that you consume. 

Who is the course for?

  • Come one, come all! It's for every digital citizen. 
  • Media students, journalists, researchers and content writers.
  • Teenagers, adults and senior citizens. 

Instructed By: Divya Chandra

Divya Chandra is Producer, Workshops and Training at BOOM FactCheck. Previously, she was Correspondent-Fact Check at The Quint. She did her Masters in Journalism from Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune and Bachelor in Engineering from PESIT, Bangalore. When not fact-checking, you can find her at a cafe next door.

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