Fake news. Distortions and Manipulations as a Threat to Democracy. The Role of the School

• Authors: Szymaniak, Jadwiga

Abstracts

EN

Young people are growing up to democracy. The trend of carelessness und untruth, sometimes also visible at school, is not conductive to this. That is why it is necessary to teach wise adoption, conscious participa-tion and verification of distortions. An active polemic with manipulation is needed, which requires reliable knowledge from teachers and creating space for student’s activity. Such forms of work as organizing meetings with witnesses of history, cooperation with the press and its systematic, critical learning, enabling various forms of self-education may be useful. The Polish constitution, the broadcasting act, as well as the convention on the rights of the child impose an obligation to protect adolescents against harmful content.

Keywords

EN

fake news; hate; trolling; BarCamp; misrepresentation; manipulation; protection against harmful content; pedagogy

• Publisher: Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
• Journal: Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość
• Year: 2019
• Volume: XVI
• Pages: 161-174

Dates

published

2020-06-29

Contributors

author

Szymaniak, Jadwiga

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.2519