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ITU students take on fake news with video game

media computer games Education democracy design

2 July, 2024

In only 48 hours, Saskia Joanna Rauhut, Giorgio Perri, and Ioannis Maliaras from ITU’s MSc in Games programme completed a video game that tackles fake news in a profound and thought-provoking manner. The game was developed at the “Truth, Lies & Democracy” game jam in Barcelona.

How good are we at navigating the digital stream of information?

media Gitte Stald Digital Design Department democracy digitization social media

25 September, 2023

A new project sets out to gauge the level of media literacy in the Nordic countries, and one of the experts tasked with qualifying the project survey is Associate Professor Gitte Stald from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design department.

Technology as a weapon in the battle against fake news

media Computer Science Department Research algorithms artificial intelligence Leon Derczynski

13 March, 2019

Algorithms can help us identify false stories, but letting technology be the judge of what is true and false is not without its problems, says Leon Derczynski, a researcher at ITU specializing in automatic detection of fake news and misinformation.

CAST IT The truth in digital society

media Research cast IT algorithms Thore Husfeldt

19 September, 2017

Vincent Hendricks talks about information, knowledge and truth in the internet age.

Democracy conference: What is an informed citizen in the Facebook era?

media Events Research democracy

10 November, 2016

Today, digital technologies have a huge influence on how citizens stay informed. Democratic participation in the digital age is up for debate at the IT University of Copenhagen on November 25.

Communication of cultural heritage: Is digitization a must?

media Research Digital Design Department diversity

3 February, 2016

Massive amounts of money have been spent to digitize the Danish cultural heritage. However interactive installations and comprehensive websites far from always have the desired effect. The research project ‘Det digitale Glyptotek’ will investigate if and how communication of cultural heritage can be enriched by the use of IT.

New report: Danes are skilled, but often uncritical media users

media Research Digital Design Department Gitte Stald

18 December, 2015

Danes are generally competent media users, shows a new report by the IT University prepared for the Danish Agency for Culture and the Culture Authority and The Media Council. Many are, however, quite uncritical, and some groups have difficulties in keeping up with digitalization.

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