{"id":7617,"date":"2020-10-05T13:36:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T09:51:31","slug":"nine-waves-of-the-pandemic-related-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/nine-waves-of-the-pandemic-related-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine waves of the pandemic-related disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

More science literacy is one of the \u201ccures\u201d for spreading misinformation, and the tools for reaching that goal are science literacy projects, combined with fact-checking projects as the \u201cantidote\u201d for misinformation, the second panel of the \u201cMedia literacy and the fight against disinformation in the time of the pandemic\u201d<\/a> was told.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conference was jointly organised by the Association \u201cWhy Not\u201d (Za\u0161to ne) on behalf of See Check network, Association of High School Students in BiH and the European Union, within the \u201cNe klikam u prazno\u201d project funded by the EU with the aim of strengthening media literacy among youth. As part of the conference, three panel discussions were hosted from three cities (Brussels, Sarajevo and Banja Luka) on the subjects of media literacy, fact-checking and disinformation, with a focus on the pandemic in this sphere.<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/span>The panel, held in Sarajevo, was moderated by Tijana Cvjeti\u0107anin from Association \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d. Participants in the panel were guests in the Sarajevo studio – science journalist Jelena Kalini\u0107 and telecommunications expert Aleksandar Mastilovi\u0107. Other participants joined via video link – Cristina Targuila from IFCN, an international network of fact-checking organizations; Jelena Vlasi\u0107, journalist of Raskrikavanje (Serbia); Ana Brakus, journalist of Faktograf (Croatia); and Milka Smilevska, journalist of Al Jazeera Balkans network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jelena Kalini\u0107 pointed out that the antivaccine movement is the forerunner of all other sources of disinformation in the region. \u201cThat movement is at the core of all anti-science movements,\u201d she said and added that the societies in the Western Balkans region are fragile democracies in which a lack of trust in the institutions helps the spread of misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasing science literacy is one of the \u2018cures\u2019, but that doesn\u2019t happen in half a year. Science literacy projects should be financed, as well as fact-checking projects as the \u2018antidote\u2019 for misinformation<\/em>,\u201d said Kalini\u0107.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cristina Tardguila provided an overview of the nine waves of disinformation that was spread since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to date. According to her, 99 organizations from at least 77 countries debunked more than 9,000 pieces of disinformation during the pandemic, in some 40 languages.<\/span>
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\u201cLangue is no longer a barrier. Same disinformation travels the world fast<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n