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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Finland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the school curriculum, amidst a boom of mis- and disinformation campaigns.

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... "Who knew what a troll was before?" literature and Finnish language teacher Saara Varmola asked her 14 to 15 year-old students who all promptly raised their hands during a class at a Helsinki school in November.

"Who produced the material that you watch, what do you produce yourself and whether you have an ethical responsibility," Varmola tells AFP, as she lists the critical questions to ask when living in a global information environment increasingly characterised by misleading information.

By teaching its citizens how to critically engage with media content to debunk hoaxes, mis- and disinformation, as well as to produce content of their own, Finland wants to promote media literacy as a civic skill. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-25 09:49 PM | Reply

Is this indoctrination or education?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-25 11:27 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Is this indoctrination or education? ...

The reason I asked that question is ...

Here in the US, when one political party seems to thrive upon disinformation and misinformation...

That led me to ask whether Finland's effort to "critically engage with media content to debunk hoaxes, mis- and disinformation" is valid.

What may be next for Finland?

Florida-like book bannings because a few parents do not like the books?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-25 11:49 PM | Reply

I remember in highschool home-ec in the 1970s, we had a couple of classes on critical thinking consumerism. How to read and analyze advertising. How to spot scams and dubious claims. Badly needed today.

#4 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-12-26 10:56 AM | Reply

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