Location

Testing and Training Unit - Sheraton

Objectives

• This training aims at providing students with the needed skills to deal with fake news and having them acquainted with the key tools of verifying the accuracy published through various media platforms

Outcomes

Acquiring key skills of critical thinking and understanding media content for the detection of methods of deceptionDealing with fake news and introducing latest technological mechanisms which help trainees detect and verify information

Course Contents

Fake news: concepts, characteristics, forms of fake and misleading content Creating fake news: methods and tools ?Why audience might believe fake news ?How to detect fake news Latest tools of verifying fake news Related concepts (digital rights) Verifying fake accounts on social media platforms Tools of verifying images and videos Tools of verifying online websites ( Verifying the setting (time and place