Fake News, Disinformation and Media Dark Patterns
Fake News, Disinformation and Media Dark Patterns
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Description
The micro-module “Fake News, Disinformation and Media Dark Patterns” has the purpose of enabling students to identify strategies of manipulation, patterns of disinformation on different platforms and misleading content. It is aimed at journalists, advertisers, editors, translators, students in journalism, editorial studies, educators, media, as well as online content creators and producers.
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Learners
- Study period
- 18 February – 15 April 2026
- Study format
- Online
- Application period
- 19 November 2025 – 28 January 2026
- Credits
- 3 ECTS
- Hosting university
- University of Aveiro
Information
Value and progress
Deconstruct manipulative discourse in editorial processes.
Deconstruct manipulative discourses by analyzing the implications of disinformation, memes and propaganda in the editorial process;
ESCO SKILLS
Addressing responsible digital action: Human Rights, disinformation, and media impact
Act responsibly in the digital environment by relating Human Rights and Protection against Disinformation with the effects of the media
ESCO SKILLS
Critically apply editorial design principles in media communication
Apply principles of visual communication associated with editorial design in the media, critically evaluating the information.
ESCO SKILLS
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Hosting university
University of Aveiro
