1. Understand the phenomenon of disinformation and its impact on society and the media. 2. Acquire the skills to verify news content using specialised sources, methods and tools. 3. Critically analyse the use of social networks and digital technologies in the propagation or detection of disinformation. 4. Apply verification techniques with ethical, professional and socially responsible criteria.

K3: Knowledge of the basics of journalistic information, the configuration of the media system, and society¿s participative/communicational model in the access to journalistic information. K4: Know and use technological and communicational resources to produce, disseminate journalistic information and manage digital communities. K5: Know the processes of documentation, access to data and sources, including big data and artificial intelligence. S1: To plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. S2: To use information interpreting relevant data avoiding plagiarism, and in accordance with the academic and professional conventions of the area of study, being able to assess the reliability and quality of such information. S6: Composes journalistic texts of an informative and interpretative nature with scientific method and in accordance with good professional practice, with social responsibility and for the benefit of citizens. C2: To be able, through arguments or procedures developed and supported by themselves, to apply their knowledge, understanding of it and their problem-solving skills in complex journalistic or specialized professional fields that require the use of creative and innovative ideas C4: Have the ability to collect and interpret data and information on which to base their conclusions, including, when necessary and pertinent, reflection on matters of a social, scientific or ethical nature in the field of journalism. C5: Be able to deal with complex situations or situations that require the development of new solutions both in the academic field and in the work or professional field within the journalistic field.

Contents Module 1: Introduction to disinformation and information verification Module 2: Sources and methods of verification Module 3: Digital tools for verification Module 4: Social media and verification Module 5: Artificial intelligence applied to verification Module 6: Ethics and responsibility in verification Module 7: Thematic areas in verification Practical exercises Practice 1. Analysis of real cases of fake news Practice 2. General content verification Practice 3. Image and video verification tools Practice 4. Geolocation and chronolocation tools Practice 5. Tools for analysing files and digital traces Practice 6. Social network analysis and fake account detection Practice 7. Artificial intelligence applied to verification

The subject will be taught through a combination of lectures and seminar-workshops, encouraging the active and critical participation of students.