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Managing MediaThe self-paced course
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Managing MediaThe self-paced course

Master your media diet, your attention and your digital footprint.

23 chapters in four parts, about 11 hours, at your own pace.How the news is made, how to spot bias and fakes, how the feed holds your attention, and how to protect your data.Every claim and figure checked against its source.

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1LearnEach chapter opens with a question from your own screen, tells a story, and gives you something to try: a sorter, a check, a simulator.
2PractiseEvery chapter ends with five questions. Pass with 4 right, as often as you need, and each answer comes with its reason.
3FinishPass every chapter check and the final round for a certificate of completion with a link anyone can use to verify it.

What the course covers

Part 1How the news is made, and how bias gets inNewsrooms, framing, bias, propaganda, who pays, and press freedom

6 chaptersAbout 3 hoursChapter 1 free

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  1. Before you beginWelcome: your attention is worth somethingIs the news free?Free10 min
  2. 1How the news is madeWho decides what counts as news?Free25 min
  3. 2Framing: one fact, two headlinesCan two true headlines tell opposite stories?25 min
  4. 3Spotting bias, including your ownWhy does everyone else's news look biased?30 min
  5. 4How propaganda worksWhat makes a message work even when it is not true?25 min
  6. 5Who pays for the newsIf the news is free, who is paying for it?25 min
  7. 6Press freedom and its limits in IndiaCan you say anything you like?25 min
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Part 2Truth, fakes and checkingMisinformation, checking a claim, pictures that lie, deepfakes, AI and sharing

6 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 7Misinformation and disinformationIs everyone who shares a false story a liar?25 min
  2. 8How to check a claimHow do the professionals check a website?30 min
  3. 9Pictures that lieCan a real photo tell a false story?25 min
  4. 10DeepfakesIf you can see it and hear it, is it real?30 min
  5. 11AI that sounds sureCan a machine be confident and wrong?25 min
  6. 12Why we share, and what to shareWhy did you share the last thing you shared?30 min
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Part 3Attention and the feedThe attention economy, the feed, designs that hook, wellbeing, influencers, making media

6 chaptersAbout 2½ hours

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  1. 13The attention economyWhat is your attention worth?25 min
  2. 14How the feed is chosenWho chose the first post you saw today?30 min
  3. 15Designs that hookWhy is it so hard to put the phone down?25 min
  4. 16Screens and wellbeingDo screens make us unhappy?25 min
  5. 17Influencers and advertisingIs that a recommendation, or an advert?25 min
  6. 18Making media yourselfWhat changes when you are the one with the camera?25 min
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Part 4Your footprint, your diet and your questionYour data, privacy law, staying safe, a healthy media diet, and the question you will write on

5 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 19Your digital footprintWhat does the internet know about you?25 min
  2. 20Privacy and the lawIs your data yours?30 min
  3. 21Staying safe onlineHow would you know if a message was a trap?30 min
  4. 22A healthy media dietWhat would a balanced week of media look like?25 min
  5. 23Your own media rulesWhat rules would you set for yourself?20 min
  6. The wrap-upYour question, and what nextSo, coming back: is the news free?30 min
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Your certificate

A certificate of completion, issued when you pass every chapter check and the final round while logged in. It names the course and its length, about 11 hours. It is not a grade, an examination result or an accreditation.

This course is for learning. It names no platform or app to praise or blame, and it takes no side in party politics.