What is misinformation?
There are three different kinds of misinformation:
- Mis-information: Information that is false, but not created with the intention of causing harm.
- Dis-information: Information that is false and was created to harm a person, social group, organization or country.
- Mal-information: Information that is based on reality, used to inflict harm on a person, organization or country.
Education programmes
Netsafe have launched an online learning platform that includes interactive resources for students as well as facilitator notes for educators. The “News or Views” micro lesson investigates how to tell what is read and not real online.
The Institute of Strategic Dialogue have designed a digital citizenship programme that supports teachers to discuss misinformation, hate speech and unconscious bias with students.
Videos
Not-for-profit organisation First Draft tells us to watch out for 7 different types of misinformation online.
- First Draft - Misinformation
The Eggplant is a drama-crime-comedy online web series to help young Kiwis safely navigate the Internet. This episode highlights how easily and rapidly misinformation can spread and provides young people with advice on how to think critically about the things they see online.
Websites
The Youth section of the Keep It Real Online website has lots of information about misinformation, how to effectively research online and how to build positive and what happens when people get it wrong online.