La Politique: The Department of Political Science, Kirori Mal College conducted a Workshop, in association with LookUp India, on the topic “Digital Well-being in the Era of Fake News” with the distinguished TEDx Speaker, Mr. Rijul Arora, on 9th January 2021 at 12pm via Zoom platform. Around 50+ participants comprising the students, professors and other faculty members participated in the Workshop.
Mr. Rijul Arora is a tech enthusiast and an ardent advocate of using technology in moderation with a focus on digital wellbeing and personal growth. The workshop commenced with an opening remark by Dr. Roopinder Oberoi, Assistant Professor and Staff Advisor, KMC wherein she extended her warm welcome to the participants and the guest speaker. The speaker explained how “fake news” spreads like wild fire on digital platforms which effects the whole spectrum of politics. He further elaborated on the types of Information Pollution and the idea of ‘deepfake’. He emphasised on becoming a healthy consumer and producer using the C.R.A.P. framework (Current, Reliable, Author, Point of View), fact checking platforms like IFCN (International Fact Checking Network) and other methods. It was a very informative session which helped everyone imbibe knowledge about digital well-being.
The discussion wrapped up with a conclusion agreed upon everyone that quitting social media is not the solution to digital wellbeing, rather it is by controlling the content that we see instead of letting the content we see to control us. Later, the speaker responded to the Questions and doubts raised by the participants. Finally, Pankhuri Jain, President of La Politique proposed vote of thanks to the speaker for the insightful session. She also expressed gratitude to the participants in making the Workshop a grand success.
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