Watchdog 101: Factchecking in Sri Lanka

Develop media literacy by exploring Sri Lanka's diverse media landscape—from traditional TV and newspapers to digital platforms—and learn to verify information amid misinformation.

Explore media agendas, the role of influencers and misinformation in Sri Lanka, fact checking concepts, learn to distinguish reports from judgments, and practice practical exercises.

Distinguish reports from judgments and analyze media agendas, influencers, and misinformation in Sri Lanka's media landscape to become a discerning media consumer through critical thinking.

Explore the rich history of Sri Lanka's media and examine the current landscape, including traditional ownership concerns and emerging platforms like YouTube, within media literacy.

Trace Sri Lanka's media evolution from oral traditions and inscriptions to print, radio, TV, and social media, exploring ownership concentration and freedom of expression.

Enhance media literacy by critically evaluating media in Sri Lanka, recognizing biases and motivations behind outlets, and assessing ownership, emerging platforms, and press freedom within the current landscape.

Explore Sri Lanka's media history and current landscape, from traditional ownership issues to YouTube, and test your knowledge with a quick pop quiz.

Trace Sri Lanka's media evolution from oral tradition to print, radio, TV, and social platforms, and examine ownership concentration and legal challenges shaping editorial independence.

Develop media literacy by evaluating sources, recognizing biases, and understanding Sri Lanka's media history and landscape, including ownership, platforms, press freedom challenges, and misinformation.

Explore how media loyalty fuels echo chambers and motivated reasoning, and learn to factcheck in Sri Lanka by identifying signals, cross-referencing sources, and understanding confirmation bias.

Identify motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, and echo chambers to build media literacy. Seek diverse perspectives, critically evaluate information, and break out of echo chambers to strengthen your thinking skills.

Learn to consume social media responsibly in Sri Lanka, verify and cross-reference information with multiple sources, and recognize biases while valuing precision, factual reporting, minimal speculation, and transparency in journalism.

Highlight accuracy, accountability, and prompt corrections, while avoiding conflicts of interest, protecting sources, and limiting photo manipulation to uphold public interest reporting and media literacy.

Explore misinformation and disinformation in Sri Lanka, and identify categories such as fabricated content, manipulated content, imposter content, false context, satire, false connection, sponsored content, propaganda, stereotypes, and AI-generated misinformation.

Review key categories of misinformation, including satire, manipulated and fabricated content, deepfakes, and false connections, and learn to evaluate sources with a critical eye.

Explore hate speech and conspiracy theories in Sri Lanka, their real-world harms, education and awareness, reporting mechanisms, and critical thinking for responsible digital citizenship amid a misinformed media landscape.

Distinguish factual criticisms from unfounded conspiracy theories that target minorities and exploit fears of cultural change and foreign influence; practice critical thinking, report hate speech, and seek reliable information.

Explore Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit to sharpen critical thinking and evaluate information. Apply independent confirmation, debate on evidence, and Occam's razor to debunk misinformation.

Apply Sagan's baloney detection kit and critical thinking tools to distinguish reliable information from misinformation in a media-saturated world; ask questions, seek evidence, and maintain skepticism as watchdogs demonstrate tools.