Disinformation Debunked

Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience through Media and Information Literacy examines the way Media and Information Literacy (MIL) can address disinformation in conjunction with fact-checkers and developers, to benefit from the expertise of these fields in fighting disinformation.

Auteur

Divina Frau-Meigs is Professor of media and ICT sociology at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France. She is a specialist of cultural diversity, internet governance and media and information literacy (MIL) as well as a researcher in the media uses and practices of young people and information disorders (radicalization, disinformation, hate speech etc.). She is the author and (co)editor of more than 40 books and 300 scholarly articles and book chapters. She holds the UNESCO Chair "Savoir Devenir in the era of digital development" (2015-), part of MILID and ORBICOM global networks. She founded the NGO Savoir*Devenir in 2017 to develop projects in MIL and digital citizenship. She is an expert with UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the European Union. As such, she was part of the EU high-level expert group on online disinformation (2018) and the high-level expert group on media literacy (2010-) as well as being a member of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) at UNESCO.

Nicoleta Corbu is Professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania. She is the director of the Interdisciplinary PhD School (SNSPA) and executive director of the Center for Research in Communication. She is Vice Chair of ECREA Political Communication section. She is the recipient of a Fulbright grant in the United States (University of Georgia, 2008-2009), and was visiting professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (2012). She is currently part of BROD EDMO hub (European Media Digital Observatory) and member of the Network of European Political Communication Scholars (NEPOCS) since 2018. She has published books and papers on political communication and education policies.