Fighting Fake News
During Challenges Online Week, students from across the world worked remotely on a group project to address an aspect of their Challenge. As part of their project, students created outputs including podcasts, social media campaigns, websites and apps and presented their work in the form of a video. The projects that the students produced in the Fighting Fake News Challenge are shown below
Campaign on fighting misinformation to encourage young adults to participate in politics more
An inquiry into the history of fake news: Roman history, witch craze, colonial myths and the Cold War's red scare
Visualising how accurate social media was in reporting the verdict in the murder trial of George Floyd
Aim to understand why people believe fake news
An investigation into whether anti-Asian hate can be enabled by social media algorithms
A podcast that explores the extent to which social media negatively shapes social influencers and corporations
An investigation into how the credibility of misinformation is influenced by social media services
Social media's role in spreading COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Investigating who is at risk of the dangers of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccine myths
A website introducing media literacy and fake news
Instagram campaign to raise awareness and accountability to fight fake news
A fact-checking app called ‘Reality Checker’
Pitching the idea of a Podcast society that aims to inform on fake news
Podcast series about past examples of fake news
The best ways of reducing the effects of misinformation on Facebook, in time of election
University policy to address racial inequality
Action day to raise awareness of the experiences of Black university students
In-app system analysing video content for misinformation, blended with AI and human input
A website that is designed to raise public awareness around misinformation, especially for COVID-19
Instagram campaign to raise individual awareness and accountability to fight fake news
A podcast discussing fake news, how it has been fought plus what we can learn
Detailed policy brief to overhaul the curriculum