{"id":5945,"date":"2023-08-10T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T12:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atauk.org\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:18:53","slug":"workshops-on-disinformation-off-to-flying-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atauk.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/10\/workshops-on-disinformation-off-to-flying-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops on Disinformation off to flying start"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thanks to generous support from NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, our \u201cPromoting NATO to Youth\u201d project got off to a flying start before the summer break with five workshops on disinformation at sixth-form colleges in Leicester.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The workshops began by exploring information, misinformation, and disinformation before taking a \u201cdeeper dive\u201d into disinformation.<\/p>

This showed that some forms of disinformation can be harmless, and even entertaining. Many sports and games, for instance, involve misleading or deceiving other players. But disinformation can also be used in situations where the stakes are much higher, and it can make the difference between victory and defeat, or even life and death.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After that scene-setting introduction, students are invited to play \u201cThe Disinformation Game\u201d, where they work in groups to come up with ways of using disinformation to undermine a fictional story circulating on social media.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Students usually show impressive \u2013 and disconcerting – creativity when asked to be \u201cthe bad guys\u201d, trying to discredit the story and its sources, and using fake narratives to create doubt and confusion.<\/span><\/p>

They then compare their messages and ideas with those that were used in a well-documented disinformation campaign relating to a real, high-profile news story.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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One of three disinformation workshops at Gateway College, May 2023<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Time permitting, the workshops end with students learning about several other real-life disinformation campaigns \u2013 some humorous, and some deadly serious.<\/p>

The workshops makes students more aware of the pervasive nature of disinformation and alert to its potential dangers. They are encouraged to consider the credibility of different sources of information and their possible motives and biases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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These first workshops have been well received, and we will be running more of these for different classes at the same colleges in the new academic year.\u00a0 We will also be holding introductory sessions on NATO and workshops on disinformation in additional colleges.<\/p>

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Introduction to NATO for sixth-formers<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition to workshops on disinformation, as the school year drew to a close, we were able to provide an overview of NATO to six-form students at Harington School in Oakham.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, this event took place in a classroom that was being used to teach a course on the history of the Soviet Union, so the decor provided many interesting points of reference for the explanation of NATO’s origins and role during the Cold War.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Harington School, June 2023<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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