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Video: False Information and Elections

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Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Ciaran O'Connor

Organisation(s)

Munster Technological University, Munster Technological University Digital Media Literacy Team

Discipline(s)

Administration and Law, Arts and Humanities, Business, Engineering, Health and Welfare, Information and Communication Technologies, journalism and information, Manufacturing and Construction, Mathematics and Statistics, Natural Sciences,

Topic(s)

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Open Education

License

CC BY-NC

Media Format

Video

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Catherine Palmer

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In this video Ciarán O’Connor for the Institute of Strategic Dialogue guides us through a case study of how false information was used to undermine confidence in the Irish local elections in June 2024.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

The video is part of an interactive online course in Digital Media Literacy (available at Digital Media Literacy: Build the Skills to Question What You See Online – National Resource Hub). The course can be completed independently by learners or in-class. The video can also be used as a stand-alone learning resource as part of a course that examines social media.

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O'Connor, C. (2026). Video: false information and elections. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/video-false-information-and-elections/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC).

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