Understanding misinformation: Ofcom (UK) issues a series of research reports
Summary
Protection of minors remain a major challenge, as over half of children reported having a negative experience online and child safety being the most common ground for content removal by YouTube and TikTok. The pandemic has also accelerated the digital transition, allowing the major Internet platforms to grow bigger and encouraging the development of the online retailers businesses. -> A subjective online behaviour: The study reports that users tend to essentially focus their attention to stories reflecting their point of view or to limit their reading to the headlines of the article. • A Rapid Evidence Assessment on Online Misinformation and Media Literacy by the London School of Economics (LSE): This report, conducted from November 2020 to April 2021, analyses and scrutinises existing studies that measure the effectiveness of interventions designed to tackle misinformation, in order to provide recommendations to researchers and media literacy practitioners. -> Tools, and especially those identified as efficient to develop critical-rational thinking such as games and gamifications, might be consistently integrated and evaluated in technical interventions and media literacy education, to better understand their impact.