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What Visuals Can Be Used to Counter Disinformation

What Visuals Can Be Used to Counter Disinformation

Campaigns against fake news often rely on recurring visual codes: magnifying glasses, brains, information overload, manipulation, or the opposition between truth and falsehood. This analysis examines how disinformation is visually represented in media literacy, journalistic and institutional campaigns. What do these visuals reveal about the way disinformation is understood? Which narratives and solutions do they promote?

This media literacy analysis is available in French only. It is mainly based on French-speaking case studies, media environments and online practices, but may also be relevant in other linguistic and cultural contexts.

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