This content is not available from your geographic area.
Log in

S'immuniser contre les fausses nouvelles

S1 E6
·
2019

It is often assumed that the fight against misinformation will be achieved by implementing regulations or by Facebook, YouTube or Twitter taking steps to eliminate the problem. However, the solution also lies with us! First, we need to do some collective soul-searching and recognize that many of us react to an article... that we haven't even read!

Levels:
Secondaire 9e année 10e année 11e année 12e année
Subjects:
Affaires et commerce Technologies de l'information et de la communication Études canadiennes et mondiales Études informatiques Français Notions fondamentales de la langue Sciences humaines et sociales Psychologie, sociologie et anthropologie
Skills:
Apprentissage autonome Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Communication Littératie numérique Pensée critique Résolution de problèmes
French level:
B1 : Seuil B2 : Avancé ou indépendant
Subscription
play_circle

E1 : Informations toxiques

3 min 5 s
On the web and social networks, everything appears on the same footing: the true as well as the false, the validated information as well as the fake news invented from scratch. How can we protect ourselves from this toxic information?
Subscription
play_circle

E2 : Personne n'est à l'abri des fausses nouvelles

2 min 55 s
While 81% of Canadians believe they can distinguish fake news on the web, the reality is quite different. Experiments conducted by researchers have determined that only 37% are able to do so. And it's not a question of age...
Subscription
play_circle

E3 : Psychologie des fausses nouvelles

3 min 4 s
At the heart of the misinformation problem is the 'confirmation bias', well known in social psychology. For specialists in the field, it is clear: we tend to favour information that confirms our opinions, and to neglect or ignore information that contradicts them.
Subscription
play_circle

E4 : La contamination par l'émotion

2 min 40 s
Researchers have found that content that generates strong emotions spreads fastest on our social networks. So it's not surprising to learn that creators of fake news are trying to scare or shock us.
Subscription
play_circle

E5 : Bulles de filtres et chambres d'écho

3 min 27 s
In addition to our tendency to prefer content that confirms what we already think, algorithms contribute to lock us in a bubble where nothing penetrates, except the information we adhere to. Experience this by clicking only on videos of cats. Soon, your news feed will be invaded by cats!
Subscription
play_circle

E6 : S'immuniser contre les fausses nouvelles

3 min 35 s
It is often assumed that the fight against misinformation will be achieved by implementing regulations or by Facebook, YouTube or Twitter taking steps to eliminate the problem. However, the solution also lies with us! First, we need to do some collective soul-searching and recognize that many of us react to an article... that we haven…
Subscription
play_circle

E7 : Images et vidéos : pires que les mots

3 min 22 s
Even if social networks remain rather opaque as to how their algorithms work, it is obvious that they favor photos, videos and memes rather than in-depth articles.
Subscription
play_circle

E8 : Recrudescence d'un vieux problème

3 min 47 s
Fake news is said to date back at least 2500 years. And that's not so surprising. What could be easier to undermine the enemy than to invent false information about him? In those days, it was passed on by word of mouth.
Subscription
play_circle

E9 : Les robots : agents de diffusion

3 min 48 s
Social bots, often referred to as 'bots', are actually algorithms programmed to complete a series of tasks and simulate human behavior on social networks. For example: finding friends, following accounts, liking a page, responding to comments and relaying information that is not always credible.
Subscription
play_circle

E10 : Viralité des fausses nouvelles

3 min 51 s
'A lie can circle the earth by the time the truth puts on its shoes!' We may never know who, between Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift first uttered this quip, but it does illustrate the situation today.
Subscription
play_circle

E11 : Trucs de pro pour vérifier l'info

3 min 35 s
Checking the source of an information, who is the author and on what type of media it is published, is the basis to know if an information is credible. Sometimes, you have to go further and go out of the site to know who you are dealing with, especially if you are asking about an important or controversial subject.
Subscription
play_circle

E12 : Parler de désinformation avec vos amis virtuels

3 min 26 s
Someone you know shares a fake news story on their Facebook page. Are you risking a storm if you tell them about it? Some studies have shown that correcting someone who shares fake news can have a boomerang effect.
Subscription
play_circle

E13 : Si c'est populaire, ça doit être vrai!

3 min 27 s
On social networks, we read, listen and watch what our friends like, comment on and share. Researchers believe that this type of tribal functioning makes us more vulnerable to misinformation, since we are more likely to trust information shared by someone we know... even if we suspect the information is false!
    Levels:
    Secondaire 9e année 10e année 11e année 12e année
    Subjects:
    Affaires et commerce Technologies de l'information et de la communication Études canadiennes et mondiales Études informatiques Français Notions fondamentales de la langue Sciences humaines et sociales Psychologie, sociologie et anthropologie
    Skills:
    Apprentissage autonome Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Communication Littératie numérique Pensée critique Résolution de problèmes
    French level:
    B1 : Seuil B2 : Avancé ou indépendant