IN BRIEF
- Access to high quality information is vital for the democratic process, and during a pandemic, it is crucial that citizens are well informed. However, as the ways in which we consume information have become increasingly complex, misinformation has emerged as a major problem. How are new technologies and platforms being abused to create confusion in open societies? What is the role of state actors in instituting policies of misinformation? Speaker: Dr Benjamin Turnbull, University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy
DOCUMENTARY FILM
- Shadows of Liberty
- Leave your commentary on the site
- Read the inteview with the director of the film
IN 60-sec
- Mass Media
- Prepare acute/ sensitive/ not yet discussed questions for discussion
- 60-sec format: intro — quick take — Q?
- interactive/ engaging/ illustrative presentation of the issue
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
- Total revision before test
TEST
Test Unit 4
- TRANSLATE the following sentences from Russian into English using your Active and Topic Vocabulary
- Render the following headlines into plain English. Mind the necessary grammar and vocabulary transformations
- Insert the correct preposition where necessary. Put a cross if no preposition is required
- Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) given so that the new sentence has thesame meaning as the original one. DO NOT CHANGE the word given
- MIXED BAG. Circle the correct answer