Group effects of news evaluation in social media

Project description

How to prevent fake news from spreading

How does the brain evaluate the news? Are there any measures that can be taken to contain the spread of fake news? The EU-funded News in groups project will try to answer these questions. It will combine neuroscience, brain imaging and neuropsychology with cognitive psychology and learning science to study social group interactions of information sharing. The findings will be tested in the classroom where a teaching concept will be developed in order to increase students’ knowledge on verifying information, recognising fake news and developing strategies to stop this. The findings will make a significant novel contribution in combining sciences and humanities to develop strategies to make knowledge exchange more efficient and to prevent fake news from spreading.

Fields of science

• social sciences › psychology › cognitive psychology
• humanities
• natural sciences › biological sciences › neurobiology › cognitive neuroscience
• social sciences › educational sciences › pedagogy › teaching
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panel

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN

Address

Universitatsstrasse 2
45141 Essen
Germany

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 262 209,60