How can we prepare students to acquire the necessary skills to confront disinformation? The Rai Cultura program ““Invito alla lettura: Media Literacy against Disinformation” is a TV and web miniseries consisting of five episodes. Alongside young people, teachers, and experts in the field, the theme of combating fake news is approached with a multidisciplinary approach. In addition to acquiring fundamental skills related to media literacy and understanding the psychological mechanisms that influence people’s behavior when they inform themselves and share content online, some best practices are proposed for evaluating the reliability of online information.
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The series, aimed at the world of education, after its initial launch on Rai Scuola’s specialized network, will air on Rai3 from Monday, June 20th. It will be broadcast on Monday, June 20th, Wednesday, June 22nd, Thursday, June 23rd, and Friday, June 24th at 3:20 PM, and on Saturday, June 25th at 4:55 PM. Starting from Tuesday, June 21st, it will also be available on the RaiPlay portal.
The five 30-minute episodes will delve into countering online disinformation from multiple perspectives. It starts with “Countering Disinformation,” followed by “Social Media and Algorithms,” “Searching for and Reading Online Information,” “Evaluating the Reliability of Content,” and “Active and Informed Citizens in the Digital Age.”
This initiative is part of the longstanding digital inclusion efforts by the public service, and it aligns with the broader media literacy activities in which Rai has been engaged by joining the Italian Digital Media Observatory (IDMO), a consortium co-funded by the European Commission, coordinated by Luiss Guido Carli University, and involving Tim, Gruppo Gedi, University of Tor Vergata, T6 Ecosystems, Newsguard, and Pagella Politica.
