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11th #GlobalMILweek @MILCLICKS October 26, 2022 – NIGERIA @unesco “Global Media and Information Literacy Week” #MILCLICKS

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Theme: “Nurturing Confidence: An imperative for media and information literacy.”
EDITION 2022

The 11th Global Media and Information Literacy Week will be celebrated from October 24-31, 2022 and will be hosted by Nigeria.
Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022 will be hosted by Nigeria. In Our Common Agenda, a report by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, world leaders made twelve commitments. Among these commitments, Guterres stressed that the values of trust and solidarity are the glue of social cohesion and social achievements for the common good.

However, the harsh reality is that the trust factor is eroding. Considering the above context, the global community is called not only to reaffirm and increase its commitment to media and information literacy for all, but also to develop new initiatives on media and information literacy to nurture trust. Therefore, Global MIL Week 2022 focuses on trust and solidarity in relation to people, media, digital platforms, governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations. The paper highlights some promising actions over the past year in relation to media and information literacy and how the latter helps to nurture trust and counteract distrust.

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UNESCO supports the development of media and information literacy for all to enable people to think critically and click wisely. The Organization is particularly committed to improving the capacities of policymakers, educators, information and media professionals, youth organizations and disadvantaged populations in this area by assisting member states in formulating national media and information literacy policies and strategies.

https://www.unesco.org/en/communication-information/media-information-literacy/about

info
https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/latest/events/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2022

https://en.unesco.org/MILCLICKS

https://www.facebook.com/MILCLICKS/

https://twitter.com/milclicks

https://www.instagram.com/unescomilclicks/

Information literacy and media literacy are traditionally separate and distinct areas, but UNESCO’s strategy is to merge them into Media and Information Literacy-MIL, as a combined set of competencies (knowledge, skills, and behavior) needed in today’s world for life and work. The goal is to create societies in which people, through the possession of skills in information, communication and technology, participate more consciously in governance and sustainable development. MIL aims to empower citizens to think critically and interact in an informed and ethical manner with information and media content and services, at the same time it proposes creative and purposeful use of technology by users and strengthens knowledge of digital rights and ethical issues concerning access to and use of information. In this way, MIL contributes to strengthening intercultural dialogue, freedom of expression and peace in an increasingly digital society.

UNESCO’s mission to create media- and information-literate societies is realized through a comprehensive MIL strategy that includes the provision of models for teachers, international cooperation, the development of guidelines for enacting national policies, the articulation of a framework for indicators, and also the establishment of a university network and clearing house.

The development of MIL also aims to offer a systemic and long-term response to misinformation, as it appeals to national education policies by proposing innovative use of technology for both formal and informal education strategies with the goal of advancing lifelong learning for all.

MIL contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 16.10 (ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities) by increasing citizen awareness and building inclusive, resilient and sustainable communities. MIL also contributes to OSS 4 (quality education) by teaching digital skills and promoting critical thinking, and OSS 5.b (empowerment of women through ICT) by revitalizing people’s abilities to identify gender stereotypes and hate speech, including intersectional discrimination, in all types of media and on digital platforms, and to oppose them.

Essentially, MIL works to counter the impact of misinformation and misinformation as it provides citizens with critical thinking and informed interaction with all types of content, offline and online.

Recognizing these challenges and the potential of MIL to address them, stakeholders at all levels, such as governments, local authorities, media, youth rights groups, educators and teachers, researchers, media regulators, libraries, museums, and many others are intensifying their efforts and investments in MIL-related actions. In this context UNESCO is seen as a world leader in the advancement of MIL because the Organization has to its credit effective actions and programs that have produced concrete results in meeting the needs that actually exist. These initiatives include the creation of a network of universities on MIL and intercultural dialogue, online courses that everyone can access , materials for teachers , a global alliance for partnership on MIL .

Each year, UNESCO and the Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) organize Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week, during which recurring events (such as the International MIL and Intercultural Dialogue Conference and Youth Agenda Forum) and events are held around the world to promote the dissemination of MIL at the interdisciplinary level.

https://www.unesco.org/en/communication-information/media-information-literacy/about

info
https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/latest/events/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2022

https://en.unesco.org/MILCLICKS

https://www.facebook.com/MILCLICKS/

https://twitter.com/milclicks

https://www.instagram.com/unescomilclicks/

#wardataset Olympics 2022 @crowdsearcher #@crowdsearcher

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BiblioVerifica dedicates the Olympics 2022 to War Dataset: misinformation, debunker, dataset, tips for debunking through 15 self-assessment quizzes about:


All quizzes are available here, to fight global infodemic

LET’S PLAY AGAINST MISINFORMATION

 

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Abenante Prize 2021 @aib_it:
2nd classification for #biblioVerifica Olympics

There is no doubt that misinformation, due in part to the inability of web users to set up their searches correctly, but even more so to the strategy pursued by a large number of subjects referable to a wide variety of political, religious, philosophical, scientific (or should we say pseudoscientific) ideologies, has over the years represented a dangerous obstacle to the ability of individuals to consciously evaluate the contents of the web and use the information in the most correct way to orientate their choices.

While the scope of the BiblioVerifica OLYMPICS project presented by Damiano Orru’ on behalf of the “Vilfredo Pareto” Library of the University of Tor Vergata in Rome is not particularly innovative, the way in which it strives to stimulate an attitude of full awareness in users, providing them with the logical and documentary tools to combat the phenomenon certainly is. In this sense, the aims of the project fall within the dimension of inclusion expressly requested by the announcement of the Prize named after Maria Antonietta Abenante.

https://www.aib.it/attivita/premio-maria-a-abenante/2021/96241-premio-abenante-2021-verbale-vincitori/

BiblioVerifica proposes, in fact, to all citizens a platform for “computerised self-assessment” on issues that have been hot topics over the years (from 2018 to the present day). This self-assessment takes the form of a game-competition in which any participant can try his hand at answering a series of quizzes in a set time, receiving real-time feedback via blog and email at the end. The description of the content on which the 100 quizzes are based is available and downloadable to allow the validity of the answers and the sources for each quiz to be verified.
Using gaming to combat misinformation through information literacy, media literacy and data literacy is undoubtedly an original and convincing idea, as evidenced by the growing number of participants that the WordPress platform registers annually. Indeed, it has risen from 1,044 attempts in 2018 to 21,609 attempts in 2020 (for 2021, the statistics stop at the first 20 days of the competition).
Over the years, BiblioVerifica has been presented on numerous public occasions and described in articles in authoritative journals. Finally, BiblioVerifica promotes a data and information search practice that applies the indications of the IFLA-promoted ‘How to Spot Fake News’ Manifesto to facilitate access to responsible information through the sharing of verification strategies, research tools and reliable sources at national and international level.


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streaming 9/04/2021 12pm (London time) #JonTennantmemorialsDay #OpenScienceMooc Jon Tennant’s Memorial Day

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Jonathan Tennant, PhD, was a paleontologist, an Open Scholarship activist and advocate, a founder of Open Science MOOC (open educational platform), PaleorXiv (open publication platform), he was an author of numerous books, scientific articles, public talks and presentations for science reformation. He inspired a lot of people to join the movement for better science. Jon tragically died on the 9th of April 2020 in Bali. One year later his family, friends, colleagues and supporters remember his legacy and life.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dT_gCSsu7Qkew3W699VkQ

we share


– the memory from Open Science Mooc
https://opensciencemooc.eu/community_update/2020/04/13/in-memoriam-jon-tennant/

– the video

of 1 June 2018 at DARIAH (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
https://www.dariah.eu/2020/04/14/in-memoriam-of-jon-tennant/

– Sister Rebecca’s appeal:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/4acpr2-JonTennant

Earlier, you kindly fulfilled our appeal to you for funds to repatriate our family member and friend, Dr. Jon Tennant (https://www.gofundme.com/f/repatriation-burial-costs-fund-for-jon-tennant). Your generosity has enabled us to start this painful but vital process. At present (01.6.20) Jon is still in Bali as the current pandemic is slowing down usual processes.

The present call for funds aims at covering partially the legal fees associated with bringing clarity to the accusations Jon faced over the last months of his life.

To recap, Jon was a tireless and selfless advocate for open science. However, late in his productive life, he experienced a significant amount of cyber-mobbing on Twitter, in large part due to the procedural opacity of a supposedly caring and protective organization (more info following this link : https://jontennant.substack.com/p/the-opencon-saga-5-month-update).

Over the last months, Jon Tennant also spoke of the effects of bullying, mobbing and cancel culture from the human side, as he experienced it in its most strong effects : https://jontennant.substack.com/p/cancel-culture-makes-everything-look-worse-than-it-is ; https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-academic-mobbing-feels-like).

Because information has not been shared with us we have not been allowed to follow the usual administrative steps to achieve truth and justice. We hope still to be able to do this.

We believe that Jon’s memory deserves clarification on the accusations targeting him. Clarity in such matters is essential to close up speculations and allow his family and the broader scientific community to set a final learning point behind this case. We hence consider a series of legal steps to attain that goal. Our lawyers estimated the costs of the foreseen steps at £24 000. Your donations will only be used for costs associated information gathering and possibly tweet removal. None of the money you donate will be used to sue people or organizations. Your kind support in this endeavor is greatly appreciated. We have set the fundraiser at £10,000 due to left over funds from the previous fundraiser and other donations that have already been put aside.

We hope our effort, with your generosity, can make the open science communities further reflect on practices and involvement in cases of bullying and harassment. We hope to honour Jon’s memory by making steps towards justice in this regard! If this fundraiser doesn’t meet the required amount, we will cancel it and all donations will be returned to you.

If you would like to read more in what happened, from Jon himself, please explore the links below

1. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-code-of-conduct-committee-statement

2. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-code-of-conduct-committee-statement-update-2

3. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-statement-update-2

4. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/re-opencon-statement-update-4

5. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/the-opencon-saga-5-month-update

6. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/opencon-saga-update-gdpr-response

and a further 11 heart-to-heart articles related to this:

1. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/cancel-culture-makes-everything-look-worse-than-it-is

2. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/a-new-tattoo-a-new-chapter-in-life

3. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/fire-in-the-soul-and-lessons-in-adversity

4. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-academic-mobbing-feels-like

5. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-can-men-do-to-help-make-conferences-healthier-spaces
6. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/two-stories-of-sexual-assault

7. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/what-actually-happened-around-opencon-in-2016

8. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/lessons-learned-from-the-opencon-saga-part-1-most-likely

9. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/my-personal-code-of-conduct

10 https://jontennant.substack.com/p/end-academic-bullying-culture

11. https://jontennant.substack.com/p/converting-adversity-into-productivity

Further details could be read in these two articles written by Jon’s sister and a friend shortly after his passing.

1. https://rebeccatennant10.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/what-really-happened-jon-tennant/

2. https://medium.com/@vdeherde/accusations-against-jon-tennant-surrounding-open-cons-ban-78d9589c05eb

Jon Tennant and the unsustainable virus of closed science @Protohedgehog #JonTennant

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In this unforgettable year for the number of deaths of the pandemic the academic and scientific world loses a protagonist and champion in its professional field, a victim escaped the CoronaVirus but not to a fate as tragic as incomprehensible for a society like ours, unable to open its eyes to a new approach to sustainable research and science freely shared with citizens. April 9 is the 100th day of leap year 2020, while the WHO has more than 1,500,000 Covid-19 infections and at least 95,000 victims, in Bali, Indonesia, the scientist Jon Tennnant falls victim to a motorcycle accident.

https://www.gofundme.com

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In today’s society, unfortunately, few people are aware of his commitment and his battles for the opening of data, for the sharing of research methods, for the accessibility of publications produced in research institutions and universities, funded by citizens who repay both those who produce content and those who market it on the web and on paper.



Open Science MOOC is one of Jon’s masterpieces, an online course open to all to involve citizens in Open Science.
OpenScienceMooc.eu/


The Open Science movement has its roots in the “Bermuda Principles”: in 1996 the scientific community imposed rules to publicly share the results of research on the human genome. Two years later the “Open Source Initiative” movement was born, from which derive today’s myriads of open Apps and Software, including Linux/Unix. Following in these footsteps the scientific community founded the OA (open access) Initiative, with the manifesto signed in Budapest in 2002, the guidelines to open scientific, medical and health content to the Internet community are disseminated. The cornerstone of OA is to provide the public with free and unlimited access to academic research, especially if publicly funded, multiplying the possibilities for dissemination and scientific collaboration.

This recent paper summarizes the spirit with which Jon Tennant participated in Open Science:


Traditional methods of scholarly publishing and communication are ineffective in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SARS-CoV-2pandemic has demonstrated that, in times of need, the global research community can activate and pool its knowledge and resources to collaborate on solving problems. The use of innovative Web-based technologies, including open source software, data-sharing archives, open collaboration methods, and the liberation of thousands of relevant research articles from proprietary sources show us that the fundamental components of a fully open system are readily available, technologically efficient and cost-effective. If we are to achieve the SDGs by 2030, systematic reform and explicit adoption of open scholarship strategies at scale is necessary. We propose that the United Nations and parallel entities take a position of leadership by creating or funding an organization or federated alliance of organizations to implement these reforms.

The activist has left to all citizens of the world the inestimable legacy of Citizen Science, with the paradox of not appearing in WIKIPEDIA throughout his career, as short as it is precious for the world of knowledge and scientific research. It will remain forever his contribution and his motto:

CREATING BETTER SCIENCE FOR A BETTER SOCIETY

patreon.com/ greenteaandvelociraptors

Jon Tennant founded PaleorXiv portal non-profit paleontologist community for full paper sharing

Let’s share his scientific production available on



The (R)evolution of Open Science

https://zenodo.org

Needless to say, the virus of “lack of knowledge” or “ignorance” buries mankind, victim of the unbearable closure of science.

OPENEDU: #BOBCATSSS 2020 Paris 22-24 january 2020 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, #FAKENEWS AND #DISINFORMATION #crowdSearcher

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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, FAKE NEWS AND DISINFORMATION


https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org

“Fake news is any false story that looks like news. It is designed to convince readers that it’s true. Some fake news is created and spread intentionally. A poorly researched story that contains errors might also be considered fake news. Fake news has boomed in recent years” which is why the theme of the BOBCATSSS 2020 conference is “Information management, fake news and disinformation”.

About

BOBCATSSS is an international annual symposium which addresses hot topics for librarians and information professionals in a fast-changing environment. It is created by and for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the information field. BOBCATSSS is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). It is a tradition which has been passed on from one European country to another since 1993, providing a rich professional conference and working seminar program, accompanied by numerous opportunities for networking, personal exchanges, discussions, and learning.

Organization
BOBCATSSS 2020 will take place in France, in a Parisian University. It is jointly organized by the Institut Francilien d’Ingénierie des Services (IFIS), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, and University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (ULSIT), Sofia, Bulgaria.

Topics:

# Information, misinformation and disinformation
# Librarians as gatekeepers of trustworthy information
# Librarians mission to educate and advocate for the truth
# Online disinformation
# Fake news as scientific and democratic challenges
# Critical thinking as a key skill against fake news
# Truth Society vs. Fake News Society
# Tools or platforms for detecting fake news
# Innovative tools, practices, and strategies for fighting fake news and enhancing media literacy
# Legislative policy against fake news
# Intellectual Property as an educational weapon
# EU strategies in the field of fake news
# Information and media literacy as a shield against fake news
# Innovative educational services in libraries
# Free media vs. not free media, alternative media
# Freedom of speech
# Propaganda and psy-operation, psychological warfare
# Right to free expression as human right
# Media censorship
# Buzz, virality and social media
# Privacy and digital citizenship
# Open access to scientific information as a weapon against fake news

SUBMISSIONS

https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org/

From Italy: Matilde Fontanin


https://www.linkedin.com/in/matilde-fontanin-990b998

Abstract

https://bobcatsss2020.sciencesconf.org

“Fake news” has become a buzzword, but what does it mean? Understood, apparently, by everyone, the concept is the object of multidisciplinary studies. Admittedly, the first realm it touches is the news, that is journalist and political communication, but any discipline dealing with information cannot help but come to terms with a phenomenon which, ephemeral as it may be, has a great impact on our onlife experience.

Though already existing in the analogic world, fake news rises ethical questions after its inception in the digital realm. As for any innovation, it is only after the discovery phase is over that humans reflect on its impact on civil society. Cybernetics, founded by Norbert Wiener, induced Père Dubarle to wonder whether the new science, combined with the theory of games, would eventually generate a machine à gouverner, “to supply the obvious inadequacy of the brain when the latter is concerned with the customary machinery of politics”. These words, written decades ago, could still build the basis for an ethical reflection.

Since fake news affects information, the question is to what extent it affects a profession whose mission is to offer “an online collection of digital objects of assured quality” as the IFLA/UNESCO Manifesto for Digital Libraries states. Should LIS professionals deal with truth only? What is the meaning of true as opposed to fake? To what lengths should librarians strive to “verify” information? Where is the thin line between selection and censorship? And, above all, who says it is their task at all? After attempting a broad definition based on current literature, the focus of this talk is on the impact that the spread of fake news, disinformation and misinformation has on LIS professionals in terms of their mission, code of ethics, competences and professional requirements.

OPENEDU: Focus on #OpenScience Madrid july 8th, 2019 #FAIRData #CitizenScience #YERUN @YERUN_EU

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“Focus on Open Science” – Madrid july 8th, 2019
organised by: Scientific Knowledge Services in collaboration with UCL Press and LIBER (The European Association of Research Libraries).

“Open Science by Design: Practical Commitments for Implementation by (Young) Universities New Indicators — FAIR Data — Citizen Science”

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Programme
https://www.focusopenscience.org/book/19madrid/

The Challenge of Open Science

Science describes the current transition in how research is undertaken, how the outputs are stored and disseminated, how researchers collaborate, how success is measured and how researchers are rewarded for Open approaches. Open Science has the potential to transform the research landscape and it is crucial for all the stakeholders (researchers, librarians, policy makers, etc.) to understand and to be part of the new scientific scenario.

The aim of the Focus on Open Science Workshops

Started in 2015, we aim through these workshops to address the challenges posed by Open Science, using the 8 pillars of Open Science identified by the European Commission and addressed by the Open Science Policy Platform in its general integrated recommendations (See OSPP-REC).

The mission statement for the workshops is: “Promote the concept of, values and best practices in the Open Science to European communities, with particular reference to libraries.”

Why are these Workshops important?

We believe that such Workshops offer a practitioner experience, grounded in the principles of Open Science, and opportunities for networking at the local level. The Workshop format offers both on-the-spot interactions and follow-up opportunities.

Steering Committee

We are driven by our Steering Committee that will help us select the annual topics, the invited speakers and advise on best practices for delivering successful events. The members of our Steering Committee are here.

Open Science by Design in Madrid

The Madrid workshop will put in correlation 3 of the 8 challenges of EU Open Science: New indicators and reward system – FAIR Data – and Citizen Science. We will analyse and discuss these important topics with the aim of getting PCIs (Practical Commitments for Implementations) of Open Science, particularly for Universities and Research Performing Organisations. The workshop will include the participation of Early Career Researchers.


How are the Universities going to implement new career assessment methods for Open Science? What are the needed infrastructures and skills for FAIR data? How are we going to include citizens in the scientific landscape for public engagement? Are the data produced by citizen science FAIR? How are going to be rewarded FAIR data practices?

The language of the Workshop will be English.

OPENEDU: #GLOBALfact6 BRINGING THE FACT-CHECKERS OF THE WORLD TOGETHER #19JUNE ~ #21JUNE 2019

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OPENEDU: #3MAY 2019 #worldpressfreedomday

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Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991. This in turn was a response to a call by African journalists who in 1991 produced the landmark Windhoek Declaration (link is external) on media pluralism and independence.

At the core of UNESCO’s mandate is freedom of the press and freedom of expression. UNESCO believes that these freedoms allow for mutual understanding to build a sustainable peace.

It serves as an occasion to inform citizens of violations of press freedom – a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.

It is a date to encourage and develop initiatives in favour of press freedom, and to assess the state of press freedom worldwide.

3 May acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. Just as importantly, World Press Freedom Day is a day of support for media which are targets for the restraint, or abolition, of press freedom. It is also a day of remembrance for those journalists who lost their lives in the pursuit of a story.

OPENEDU: #TheWebConf 2019 #MisinfoWorkshop2019 International Workshop on Misinformation, Computational Fact-Checking and Credible Web @TheWebConf #14May @SanFrancisco

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May 14, 2019, San Francisco, CA, USACo-located with The Web Conference 2019

 International Workshop on Misinformation, Computational Fact-Checking and Credible Web

Our society is struggling with an unprecedented amount of falsehood which harms wealth, democracy, and health.

Debunking misinformation and disinformation calls for interdisciplinary collaboration of and advancements in multiple areas, including journalism, communication studies, law and public policy, psychology, and political science. Computing technology plays a crucial role in it. The last few years have witnessed a substantial growth in efforts at computational fact-checking, of which many are data-driven, AI-powered, and include human in the loop. These efforts tackle various fronts, such as the detection of fabricated news, rumors, and spam on social media, automation in fact-checking, flagging clickbait articles, and discovering fake accounts and malicious social media bots.

Advancements in algorithms and AI have raised significant ethics concerns regarding fairness, transparency, trust, and misuse. The concerns are particularly pertinent to fact-checking—while fact-checkers discern truth from falsehood, who is there to check them? Furthermore, the harm of misuse of AI is already manifested in this arena. For instance, creators of falsehoods may optimize for their objectives using approaches steered by algorithms. Finally, maintaining a high bar of ethics in research itself, particularly ensuring the reproducibility of research results, is vital to the health of the enterprise.

The success of tackling misinformation lies not only in methodology and technology but also education. To help cultivate a society that is more robust to falsehoods, to break “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers”, we must raise the awareness of all aspects about misinformation and we must train a generation of Web users that are well versed in media literacy, data literacy, and logic and fallacy.

Accepted Papers
  • Examining the Roles of Automation, Crowds and Professionals Towards Sustainable Fact-checking

Naeemul Hassan (University of Mississippi), Mohammad Yousuf (University of Oklahoma), Md Mahfuzul Haque (University of Mississippi), Javier A. Suarez Rivas (University of Mississippi), Md Khadimul Islam (The University of Mississippi)

  • Red Bots Do It Better: Comparative Analysis of Social Bot Partisan Behavior

Luca Luceri (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, and University of Bern), Ashok Deb (University of Southern California), Adam Badawy (University of Southern California), Emilio Ferrara (University of Southern California)

  • Neural Check-Worthiness Ranking with Weak Supervision: Finding Sentences for Fact-Checking

Casper Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Christian Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Stephen Alstrup (University of Copenhagen), Jakob Grue Simonsen (University of Copenhagen), Christina Lioma (University of Copenhagen)

  • A Linked Data Model for Facts, Statements and Beliefs

Ludivine Duroyon (France Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA), François Goasdoué (France Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA), Ioana Manolescu (France Inria and LIX (UMR 7161, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique))

  • A Study of Misinformation in WhatsApp groups with a focus on the Brazilian Presidential Elections

Caio Machado (University of Oxford), Beatriz Kira (University of São Paulo), Vidya Narayanan (University of Oxford), Bence Kollanyi (University of Oxford), Philip Howard (University of Oxford)

  • A Topic-Agnostic Approach to Identify Fake News Pages

Sonia Castelo Quispe (New York University), Thais Almeida (Federal University of Amazonas), Anas Elghafari (New York University), Aécio Santos (New York University), Kien Pham (New York University), Eduardo Nakamura (Federal University of Amazonas), Juliana Freire (New York University)

  • Institutional Counter-disinformation Strategies in a Networked Democracy

Jonathan Stray (Columbia University)

  • Differences in Health News from Reliable and Unreliable Media

Sameer Dhoju (The University of Mississippi), Md Main Uddin Rony (The University of Mississippi), Muhammad Ashad Kabir (Charles Sturt University), Naeemul Hassan (The University of Mississippi)

  • Misinfosec: Applying Information Security Paradigms to Misinformation Campaigns

Christopher R. Walker (Marvelous AI, San Francisco, CA), Sara-Jayne Terp (SOFWERX, Tampa, FL), Pablo C. Breuer (U.S. Special Operations Command), Courtney Crooks (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

Invited Posters (all accepted papers + the following)

  • When Algorithms Assign Fact-Checks to Online Stories and News Publishers: A Sociotechnical Perspective

Emma Lurie (Wellesley College), Eni Mustafaraj (Wellesley College)

  • Online Misinformation: From the Deceiver to the Victim

Francesca Spezzano (Boise State University), Anu Shrestha (Boise State University)

  • Building Consequential Rankings

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