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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 | Funny: 1

@#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 | Funny: 1

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 | Newsworthy 1

Trump will threaten to end this practice.

#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-26 05:39 PM | Reply

#2 | Posted by LampLighter

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

One can only assume the absurdity is intentional...

#6 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-26 05:46 PM | Reply

Anything on Xitter.

My work here is done.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-27 08:25 PM | Reply

A blast from a different age ...

Tubes - What Do You Want From Life (1977)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
What do you want from life?
An Indian guru
To show you the inner light?

What do you want from life?
A meaningless love affair
With a girl that you met tonight?

How can you tell when you're doin' alright?
Does your bank account swell
While you're dreaming at night?
How do you know when you're really in love?
Do violins play when you're touching the one
That you're loving?

What do you want from life?
(What do you want from life?)
Someone to love
And somebody you can trust?

What do you want from life?
(What do you want from life?)
To try and be happy
While you do the nasty things you must?

...

What do you want from life?

Well, you can't have that, but
If you're an American citizen you are entitled to:

A heated kidney shaped pool
A microwave oven--don't watch the food cook
A Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home
A kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum
A foolproof plan and an airtight alibi
Real simulated Indian jewelry!

A Gucci shoetree!
A year's supply of antibiotics
A personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
And Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number
A beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick

Rosemary's baby!

A dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams
A new Matador
A new mastadon
A Maverick
A Mustang
A Montego
A Merc Montclair
A Mark IV
A meteor
A Mercedes

An MG

Or a Malibu?

A Mort Moriarty
A Maserati
A Mac truck
A Mazda
A new Monza

Or a moped

A Winnebago-- Hell, a herd of Winnebago's, we're giving 'em away

Or how about a McCulloch chainsaw?

A Las Vegas wedding
A Mexican divorce
A solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot

Or

A baby's arm holding an apple?
...


Back in the day, that last line... "A baby's arm holding an apple?" raised a bit of a controversy.


Go figure.


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-27 09:27 PM | Reply

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