How we spread fake news

The workshop that was based on "world cafe" principle was an interactive tool to explore the world of fake news and possibilities to recognize and prevent them.

This "cafe" got four tables, in total for sessions where we had to switch from table to table to discuss the ways how to prevent fake news, what is the impact of them, solutions and causes of fake news spreading. In order to make conclusions about the knowledge gained during this workshop, we asked the moderators to give an insight of their highlights:

Karlo: At my table we discussed who is acctualy responsible for fighting and preventing fake news. Some of the answers were repeated in each group, but i was suprised to hear that reasons why they had chosen them as answers were complitely different. There was a high level of self-awareness in each of them and i can tell that from their answers.

WHAT ARE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF FAKE NEWS

Macijek: At my table we were discussing the ways how to prevent fake news. The most popular ideas of preventing them were based on improving the education system to raise awareness about fake news and also to use punishment systems to make people think twice before spreading fake news. Lena: At my table we were discussing the causes of fake news spread. For me the most interesting seemed the fact that at the moment when I tought that everything was already discussed, new participants switched and they had completely different ideas. We proposed two cases of how fake news creation could be caused and also several bullet points of causes - I would like to point out the idea of someone willing to be accepted because that is a serious concept people rarely thinks about while discussing about the causes of fake news creation.

Eleana: At my table we discussed the impact of fake news on our society. I also would like to pint out the fact that every group had a different views and opinions on the impacts it can make. I liked the one that might seem like a joke but actually is disinformation - the fact that because of advertising many people thinks that purple cows exist.