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Why are people concerned by the influence of digital media?

I can explain why people are concerned by the influence of digital media.

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Why are people concerned by the influence of digital media?

I can explain why people are concerned by the influence of digital media.

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Key learning points

  1. A bad actor uses digital media in negative ways to manipulate people's political beliefs and actions.
  2. Deepfakes can be created by AI and used to mislead the public during an election.
  3. Digital media can go wrong e.g. information during the Brazilion election and the Cambridge Analtica Scandal.

Keywords

  • Digital media - content shared through electronic devices, such as websites, social media, videos and online news platforms

  • Bad actor - individuals or groups that engage in harmful, illegal or unethical behavior online, such as hacking, spreading disinformation or manipulating information

  • Deepfake - using artificial intelligence to manipulate a video clip or images to create new deceptive content, often with known faces or voices

  • Disinformation - false or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive or manipulate people

Common misconception

Students who have less awareness of deepfakes may believe that anything they can see or hear within digital media is true.

Emphasise the sophistication of deepfakes and consider using the teacher tip to further demonstrate this point.


To help you plan your year 10 citizenship lesson on: Why are people concerned by the influence of digital media?, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

You could look at appropriate deepfakes as a class or even play a game where students need to 'spot' the deepfake. This will emphasise how realistic they can be.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct definition for the word 'regulated'?
Correct answer: controlled or governed by rules, laws or standards
not controlled or governed formally
controlled by the media user (citizens)
Q2.
Technology that uses electronic systems or devices to process, store or transmit data is known as what?
debug
Correct answer: digital
data
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developer
Q3.
What does the Defamation Act 2013 protect individuals from?
Being sued by citizens for reporting news stories about them
Being hacked by digital media sources
Correct answer: False and harmful information about their character being released
Q4.
What can individuals who use digital media do to support regulation?
Correct Answer: Report harmful content, Report, Report content, Report untrue content
Q5.
With online news, which is the most difficult aspect to regulate?
the journalist
the content
Correct answer: the comments
Q6.
Match the regulation description to either traditional media or digital media
Correct Answer:centrally regulated,traditional media
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traditional media

Correct Answer:self regulated,digital media
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digital media

Correct Answer:content checked before publication,traditional media
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traditional media

Correct Answer:content checked after publication,digital media
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digital media

6 Questions

Q1.
Someone that engages in harmful, illegal or unethical behaviour online, such as hacking, spreading disinformation or manipulating information is known as a what?
Correct Answer: Bad actor
Q2.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate a video clip or images to create new deceptive content, often with known faces or voices, is known as what?
Correct Answer: Deepfake, Deep fake
Q3.
False or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive or manipulate people is known as what?
Correct answer: Disinformation
Misinformation
Malinformation
Q4.
What happened during the Cambridge Analytica Scandal?
Correct answer: Personal information was accessed aiming to manipulate voting behaviours
Cambridge University printed disinformation about its courses
The Prime Minister was hacked by a Cambridge University professor
Q5.
Which country saw disinformation tactics used via social media in their 2018 and 2022 elections?
Bahrain
Belarus
Belize
Correct answer: Brazil
Benin
Q6.
How are deepfakes produced?
Correct answer: Through artificial intelligence
Through unofficial intelligence
Through interstitial intelligence
Through factitial intelligence