Truth and Peace

A workshop series on media and information literacy in the age of the "post-truth" of fake news and alternative facts:
Due to the sheer amount of information that can be accessed quickly and easily on the Internet, there is a tension between reality and fiction. This is often expressed by the term "fake news." But what exactly is behind it? Is "fake news" exclusively a phenomenon of the digital age? How can they be recognized? And more generally, what distinguishes lies from truth? Together, we want to try to get to the bottom of these questions and demonstrate methods for unmasking possible lies and fake news. It is also about the following question: who or what is trustworthy or not and why? Based on this, the participants will be guided to critically self-reflect on their own behavior patterns and their senses will be sharpened so that they can not only question information, but also critically examine it and investigate its truthfulness.