FIghting the fake news and DisinfOrmation Erasmus Project

Project Title

FIghting the fake news and DisinfOrmation

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

“Fake news” is not a contemporary phenomenon but it has always existed. Today, the Internet has multiplied exponentially the possibility of spreading news, true and false, all over the world. The rapid spread of the Covid19 pandemic has multiplied the possibility of accessing false news that, in a moment, can go around the world, bringing the unaware and unequipped user to believe it. Exposing citizens to large-scale disinformation, including misleading or blatantly false information, is a major challenge for Europe. Seniors are among the most more vulnerable and permeable to bad information. Because of the speed of change, in fact, they cannot keep the pace of the digital transformation induced by fast-evolving media technologies that are most natural to a digital native.
The FI.DO project aims at FIthing the fake news and DisinfOrmation by improving seniors’ digital skills and by developing tools for trainers.
The main project target is represented by those who, although falling into the “senior” category, have already developed a certain knowledge of the digital world. This knowledge derives, however, from the practical use of the tools and it is often not supported by any theory or specific preparation. Seniors have tumbled into a digital age whose mechanisms they have difficulty in recognizing.
Through the arts (2 partners belong to the Photography/Magazines and Film Production sectors), creativity (1 partner have experience in the management and production of IT contents and social media, as well as in the creation of videogames) and the scientific support given by a University, the project will carry out innovative practices (activities and Intellectual Outputs) aimed at supporting the skills development of seniors and the skills development of trainers (4 partners are Adult Educational organizations).
A new approach – Training Method, I.O. 1 – will be developed thanks to the specific and technical contribution of all partners. The Training Method will be evaluated and assessed during the realization of the Living Labs, interactive workshops where seniors will have the opportunity to discuss the topic of the project and to experience simple practical exercises with mass communication experts.
Other Intellectual Outputs are a Manual, that will support teaching staff for adults to develop their skills related to the project’s theme and a Videogame (a serious one!). An educational creative tool addressed to seniors, capable to create a pleasant training experience in order to develop competences. As the Training Method, also the videogame will be evaluated by the seniors during a living lab. In total, the FI.DO project will involve 180 participant seniors in the 4 participating countries.
The project will have an impact at a different level, both on a short and long term. On a short-term perspective: a) Improvement/development of media literacy skills of senior participants; b) Knowledge acquisition and dissemination about the “real” consequences of “virtual” fake news. On a long-term perspective: a) to minimize the social, financial and political impact of the fake news phenomenon all around Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 210942 Eur

Project Coordinator

SOCIETA’ COOPERATIVA A.FO.RI.S.MA. – ACLI FORMAZIONE RICERCA SERVIZI MANAGEMENT & Country: IT

Project Partners

• QZR srl
• NEXUS PUBLICATIONS ΑΝΟΝΥΜΗ ΕΚDΟΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑFΗΜΙSΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΜPΟRΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙREΙΑ ΕΙDOΝ FOΤΟGRΑFΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ PΟDΗLΑSΙΑS
• Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi
• AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA
• Zasavska ljudska univerza
• RUSAALKA, ZAVOD ZA KULTURNE DEJAVNOSTI
• DAFNI KENTRO EPAGGELMATIKIS KATARTISIS