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Beyond the Screens: Generations, Trust, and the Future of News

EAVI — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:48:23 +0000

In the digital environment, access to information has reached unprecedented levels of speed and scale. News, comments, images, and claims can reach millions of users almost simultaneously. However, this intense circulation does not guarantee the reliability of information. On the contrary, false and misleading content can spread at the same speed and with the [...]

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Democracy in the Age of Deepfakes: How Can We Still Trust What We See?

EAVI — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:17:05 +0000

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has introduced a new dimension to the information landscape, enabling the creation of fabricated videos, images, and voices that convincingly imitate reality. Known as “deepfakes”, these synthetic media forms have become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, prompting concern among European policymakers and citizens alike. While they may once [...]

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Artificial Intelligence: A Double-edged Sword

EAVI — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:44:57 +0000

It can play chess, give you a diagnosis, drive your car, talk to you as a customer service representative, detect fraud, and tell you what you like based on your recent Netflix activity. It is artificial intelligence. But what is it exactly? How did it enter our lives so quickly, and what does it [...]

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The Threat of AI-Generated Disinformation to European Elections and Democracy

EAVI — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:32:01 +0000

In view of the elections that will be held in 2024 in the EU and other parts of the world including the US and UK, there are various challenges to democratic processes as technological advancements are on the rise. It is argued that electoral periods and times of political crisis serve as fertile [...]

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AI Hallucination: When AI Makes Things Up

EAVI — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:00:07 +0000

The word “hallucinate” was announced as the word of the year by the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023. It means “to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because of a health condition or because you have taken a drug”. The term "hallucination" originates from the Latin word [...]

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Using Media Literacy to Fight Digital Fake News in Later Life: A Mission Impossible?

EAVI — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:59:17 +0000

Media Literacy Training for Seniors to Fight Fake News The European Commission defines disinformation as “false or misleading content that is spread with an intention to deceive or secure economic or political gain,” whereas misinformation refers to the same kind of content shared without harmful intention, regardless of its consequences. Disinformation is commonly [...]

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Fake news and critical literacy in the digital age: sharing responsibility and addressing challenges

EAVI — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:17:52 +0000

How can we tackle the ongoing challenge of so-called ‘fake news’? Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD Researcher in the Department of Media at Communications at LSE, argues that we all have a responsibility to learn critical literacy to help us better to evaluate information, both on- and offline, and here sets out the responsibilities held by the different [...]

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European Commission: Fake News and Online Disinformation

EAVI — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:15:21 +0000

The European Commission has published its High Level Expert Group (HLEG) Report to advise the EC on fake news and disinformation online.

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EAVI Roundtable Debate at the European Parliament – Democracy, Journalism and Literacy

EAVI — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:39:31 +0000

In December EAVI together with the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom held the Democracy, Journalism and Literacy event at the European Parliament. The event was hosted by MEPs Barbara Spinelli and Curzio Maltese. The event focused on the dangers posed to media pluralism presented by new media and the threat to democracy this [...]

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Conspiracies and Hoaxes in the Wake of the Las Vegas Massacre

EAVI — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:55:42 +0000

Last week, 59 people were killed and a further 489 were injured when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of men, women and children in Las Vegas with no apparent motive. Since then conspiracy theories and hoaxes have spread across the Internet.

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