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media and misinformation
The program also collaborated with the Stanford
Social Media Lab, which conducted independent
research on the effectiveness of the online MediaWise
for Seniors fact-checking course. " Researchers found
that 85% of students were able to accurately identify
disinformation after the course, " Byron said.
How to find and fight fake news!
Christiane Amanpour
Lester Holt
To reach large numbers of older Americans,
Poynter partnered with AARP and Facebook and,
says Byron, has so far reached more than 680,000
Americans, 50 years and older. Older Americans are
increasingly engaged online, she emphasized, with
more than 40% of people over 65 actively using
social media platforms like Facebook, as well as many
promoting conspiracies, scams, hoaxes, and false
news stories.
Byron went on, " Some of our most successful and
high impact projects include our social media-based
PSA graphics, online self-guided and live courses,
Facebook live events and AARP Virtual Community
Center and tele-town hall events. "
In addition, she said, they've managed to teach
many hard-to-reach seniors, including those with no
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Joan Lunden
internet access: " We reached 25,000 landlines with
our AARP tele-town hall in May 2021, teaching digital
media literacy skills and how to spot misinformation
related to COVID-19 and vaccines - that event featured
MediaWise Ambassador and former ABC News
Good Morning America anchor, Joan Lunden. We
also partnered with AARP for a training piece in the
Bulletin print magazine, which reaches an audience of
30.4 million. "
Lunden, along with CNN and PBS's Christiane
Amanpour, heads an all-star cast of 20 MediaWise
public awareness " Ambassadors " for its youth and
adult programs. Some others are NBC Nightly News
anchor Lester Holt, PBS NewsHour's Amna Nawaz,
and TikTok Creator/Washington Post writer Dave
Jorgenson.
MediaWise now offers a free online fact-checking
course developed for seniors along with their other
online educational resources:
How to Spot Misinformation Online: a
90-minute course teaching simple digital literacy
skills to outsmart algorithms, detect falsehoods and
make decisions based on factual information.
Our MediaWise Ambassadors teach various
fact-checking techniques via YouTube
Seniors can learn how to fact-check from our
Teen Fact-Checking Network content
Full hub of MediaWise educational resources
here.
The AARP Fact Tracker, a MediaWise-partnered
product, has interactive digital media lessons.
Continue reading
This information was made available by The Journalists Network
on Generations (JNG) and can be found here. JNG has published
Generations Beat Online News (GBONews.org) since 1993. JNG
provides information and networking opportunities for journalists
covering generational issues, but not those representing services,
products, or lobbying agendas.

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