Fake news e o ensino de geografia: a importância da educação midiática em ambientes escolares

Abstract

This work aims to address Fake News in Geography Teaching. In recent years, with the more instantaneous dissemination of information through new platforms, the number of misleading information received by users has increased, whether through messaging groups or social media profiles dedicated to spreading untruths. The premise of so-called fake news is to cause misinformation, harm people and speeches and delimit certain narratives. These lies harm a wide range of institutions, and science is also a victim. In the case of Geography, the terrain for the propagation of fake news is vast, ranging from assumptions about the shape of the planet where we live to the reinforcement of stereotypes about certain regions that lead to hate speech and xenophobia. Promoting critical thinking and helping students identify false information is an important process for the reliable dissemination of knowledge. The aim was to promote the study of media education in the teaching of Geography. To achieve this goal, this research was based on three specific objectives. Firstly, content propagated on social networks and journalistic outlets that lacks truth in discourses on themes inherent to geographical science was identified. From this, we reflected on the importance of receiving and transmitting information correctly through scientific argumentation and, finally, a methodology was created capable of developing students' ability to identify false information and providing mechanisms for them to act daily to avoid sharing Fake News, through didactic sequences that demystify false information and its concepts for high school students. Going to Colégio Estadual Cassiano do Nascimento, in the EJA Class 304, three didactic sequences were carried out in which students were able to perceive the importance of the theme and identify fallacious content, in addition there were spaces for solving questions, in order to endorse the social impact of the proposal presented.