scholarly journals REFLECTING UPON FAKE NEWS IN TODAY’S POST-TRUTH ERA

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-515
Author(s):  
Solange W. Locatelli

We are living in an era, in which people are constantly asking themselves: how can anyone believe this news that is clearly false? Reflecting on this, a brief reflection on some factors that can influence people to take this kind of news into account is brought here, as well as presenting an example of Fake Science that circulated on social networks in 2020 in Brazil, during the pandemic context. First, it can be considered that a significant objective in Science Education is making students scientifically literate, prepared for appropriate decision-making. Chassot (2003, p. 19) considers scientific literacy as “the set of knowledge that would make it easier for men and women to read the world in which they live”. Leung (2020) adds that, nowadays, it is very important to recognize the veracity of information, differentiating it from fake news, which also encompasses the concept of scientific literacy, which brings us to the statement by Gomes et al. (2020) on media literacy, so that citizens can connect more to facts and less to emotions in understanding the news.

Author(s):  
Hany Abdelghaffar ◽  
Lobna Hassan

Electronic democracy is a concept which is used in some countries around the world with mixed success. Social networks helped in facilitating democracy and democratic change in several countries suggesting that they could be utilized as an e-democracy tool. This research proposed a new model of how the decision-making process for local governments could be improved via social networks. Quantitative approach was used to investigate how the use of a social network amongst people living in the same suburb could improve decision making on the local level. Findings showed that awareness building, deliberation, and consultation factors could be used to affect the decision making for their local governments.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 700
Author(s):  
Tuti Resri Yanti ◽  
Lia Yuliati ◽  
Hari Wisodo

<p class="Abstrak"><strong>Abstract:</strong> The trend of 21st century education is learning based on scientific literacy. Scientific literacy is a key for improving science education in many countries in the world. This article aims to give a profile of the scientific literacy of senior high school students of class XII in the year 2019 in optic subject. This research was conducted with Survey methods. The data is done by providing scientific literacy problem in the form of essays. The subjects of research is the students of class XII at two SMAN Kerinci Regency. Results of this research is scientific literacy of students still low. So that Indonesia can afford prices in the era of the 21st century education, thope that this research can help in determining the solution for improve the ability of students ' scientific literacy.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Tren pendidikan abad-21 adalah pembelajaran yang berpatokan pada Literasi Saintifik yang dijadikan sebagai kunci utama dalam meningkatkan pendidikan sains di banyak Negara di dunia. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran tentang kemampuan Literasi Saintifik siswa SMA kelas XII pada tahun 2019 terhadap materi Optik. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode survei. Teknik pengambilan data dilakukan dengan memberikan soal literasi saintifik yang berbentuk esai. Subjek penelitian adalah siswa-siswa kelas XII di dua SMAN yang ada di kabupaten Kerinci. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa literasi saintifik siswa masih rendah. Agar Indonesia mampu bersaing di era pendidikan abad-21, diharapkan penelitian ini dapat memberikan solusi dalam meningkatkan kemampuan literasi saintifik siswa.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 46-67
Author(s):  
Ana Melro ◽  
Sara Pereira

In an increasingly challenging media environment of post-truth and fake news, disinformation may impact the way young people perceive the world. In this study, we seek to understand how young people engage with news, their perceptions around disinformation, and how they see the relevance of critical thinking for their civic and political lives. Using a mixed method model, we developed a focus group activity with a total of 45 participants, based on the analysis of 562 questionnaires previously administered to first-year undergraduates of two Portuguese universities. The results show that although most students report limited critical analysis of information, they do reveal concerns about disinformation in their lives, suggesting a set of actions in order to combat fake news spread. Furthermore, the findings reinforce the need for news and media literacy that concerns a post-fact culture.


1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 1387-1396
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Moran ◽  
David R. Smith ◽  
John T. Snow

The Fourth International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Education was held 22–26 July 1996 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Conference attendees included 125 educators, meteorologists, oceanographers, and government officials representing 19 nations. The themes of the conference were the roles of meteorology and oceanography in science education and the benefits derived from improved environmental awareness and scientific literacy, particularly weather awareness, meteorological literacy, and understanding of the ocean. Formal presentations, workshops, poster sessions, and demonstrations provided information on programs for teacher enhancement, computer-aided instruction, and classroom access to real-time weather information through the World Wide Web.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. e310101321442
Author(s):  
Renato Corrêia Lima ◽  
Adriana Oliveira Freitas ◽  
Jacqueline da Silva Batista ◽  
Vinícius Rocha da Silva

This case study aimed to apply, adapt and then evaluate a didactic approach to combat fake news, through scientific literacy in the context of emergency remote education (ERE) with a focus on COVID-19. For this, virtual workshops were held in 2020 with high school students from two public schools in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. All the ethical guidelines of Resolution CNS 510/2016 were followed. In the workshops, the students were exposed to the situation-problem of differentiating fake news from reliable news by identifying typical characteristics of either type of information. There were 18 characteristics for fake news and 18 characteristics for reliable news, of which 50% and 83.3% are unpublished, respectively. In addition, four fake news features and four reliable news features were observed by the students exclusively related to COVID-19. Thus, the adaptation to ERE that is proposed in the present study proved effective and could subsidize any work that aims to prepare students to better understand what is true and what is untrue in the world of the Internet, especially regards to in social media.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sandro Serpa ◽  
Carlos Miguel Ferreira ◽  
Maria José Sá ◽  
Ana Isabel Santos

The COVID-19 pandemic is, currently, the focus of all personal and collective actions at the social, cultural, economic, political and religious levels, among other dimensions of human life. This Letter to the Editor focuses on the overwhelming existence of fake news directly related to COVID-19, which permeate social networks and even the media, where journalists should act as gatekeepers and not fake-keepers. The methodology used in the collection and selection of data consisted of bibliographic research, in international databases, of publications on the topic under study and their content analysis. The results allow concluding that there is a need to promote scientific literacy in the general population but especially among journalists themselves.   Received: 30 November 2020 / Accepted: 8 January 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Nur Ika Mauliyah ◽  
Ella Anastasya Sinambela

The chance to be a leader, open for anyone, both men and women. Although, it cannot be denied, culture still considers that women are weak, inconsistent and only concerned with feelings than logic, so they do not deserve to be a leader. As the world develops, the assumption is a little bit of changes, which gives women chance to be a leader. In the 21st century, women's progress in working world was increased dramatically, because the quality of women is sometimes more than men. Getting a quality and high education, giving women have chance to be leader in organizations / companies. Names such as Susi Pudjiastuti, Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo, Grace Tahir, Veronika Linardi, Mary Barra, Gini Rometty, Marillyn Hewson, Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer are some of the names of women who are able to lead companies and business decision makers. Work decision making is an condition for measuring leaders, women have feminine characteristics which make them able to take business decisions well, by considering rational, realistic, logical, and pragmatic. The mindset that considers leaders only carried out by men has changed step by step. Women can also have character of a leader, such as; give direction, speeches, rhetoric and ideas. Women are not completely weak, they are also able to be a strong foundation in building organizations/ companies. Kesempatan menjadi pemimpin, terbuka bagi siapa saja, baik pria maupun wanita. Meski tidak bisa dipungkiri, budaya masih menganggap perempuan lemah, tidak konsisten dan hanya mementingkan perasaan daripada logika, sehingga tidak pantas menjadi pemimpin. Seiring perkembangan dunia, asumsinya adalah sedikit perubahan, yang memberi peluang bagi perempuan untuk menjadi pemimpin. Pada abad ke-21, kemajuan perempuan dalam dunia kerja meningkat drastis, karena kualitas perempuan terkadang lebih dari laki-laki. Mendapatkan pendidikan yang berkualitas dan tinggi, memberikan perempuan kesempatan untuk menjadi pemimpin dalam organisasi / perusahaan. Nama-nama seperti Susi Pudjiastuti, Catherine Hindra Sutjahyo, Grace Tahir, Veronika Linardi, Mary Barra, Gini Rometty, Marillyn Hewson, Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer adalah beberapa nama perempuan yang mampu memimpin perusahaan dan pengambil keputusan bisnis. Pengambilan keputusan kerja merupakan salah satu syarat untuk mengukur pemimpin, perempuan yang memiliki sifat feminin sehingga mampu mengambil keputusan bisnis dengan baik, dengan mempertimbangkan rasional, realistis, logis, dan pragmatis. Pola pikir yang menganggap pemimpin hanya dilakukan oleh laki-laki berubah sedikit demi sedikit. Wanita juga bisa memiliki karakter seorang pemimpin, seperti; memberi arahan, pidato, retorika dan ide. Perempuan tidak sepenuhnya lemah, mereka juga mampu menjadi fondasi yang kuat dalam membangun organisasi / perusahaan.  


Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Ana Pérez-Escoda ◽  
Luis Miguel Pedrero-Esteban ◽  
Juana Rubio-Romero ◽  
Carlos Jiménez-Narros

Current societies are based on huge flows of information and knowledge circulating on the Internet, created not only by traditional means but by all kinds of users becoming producers, which leads to fake news and misinformation. This situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic to an unprecedented extent through social media, with special concern among young people. This study aims to provide significant data about the youngest generation in Spain (Generation Z) regarding their media and information consumption, their social network use, and their relationship with fake news, all in relation to the feeling of reliability/trust. Focusing on a convenience sample of 408 young Spanish students from Generation Z aged 18 to 22, a descriptive exploratory study is presented. Data collection was performed with an adapted questionnaire. Results show that young Spanish people use networks for information, showing a surprising lack of trust in social networks as the media they consume the most. The content they consume the most since the occurrence of COVID-19 is related to politics, entertainment, humor, and music. On the other hand, distrust of politicians, media, and journalists is evident. The conclusion is that media literacy is still more necessary than ever, but with the added challenge of mistrust: maybe it is time to rethink media literacy.


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