MODULE 2

• In the beginning was the earth. It was beautiful.
• And man lived upon the earth.
• And man said


  1. Let us build skyscrapers and expressways

  2. It was good
• And man covered the earth with steel and concrete.
• Gender policing

  Affects us all
• Both men and women experience pressure to conform to social standards of attractiveness
• Men to look strong and be tough, women to look pretty and soft
• Men to be masculine, women to be feminine
• Men get judged for being "too feminine", women get criticized for being "too masculine"
• Gender policing affects us all
• Environmental pollution
• Social injustice
• Abuse


  Mistreatment or improper use of someone or something
• Corruption


  Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
• Pollution


  The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
• Urbanization


  The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas
• The issue or problem addressed in the passage is gender policing and social standards of attractiveness
• According to advertisements of beauty products, we do follow certain social standards of attractiveness
• The passage is informative
• The social issues or concerns shown in the passage are gender policing and social standards of attractiveness
• Infodemic


  An excessive amount of information about a problem making it difficult to identify a solution
• During a health emergency, an infodemic can drown out reliable information and allow rumors to spread more easily, impeding an effective health response
• Information can spread faster than a virus


  With rapid growth of digital communications and social media platforms, information spread fast from online to our physical lives
• Infodemic


  Can negatively affect our psychology, daily lives and behaviors worsening the ongoing crisis at hand
• Infodemics make it difficult to recognize accurate and reliable information that tells people what preventive actions they should take
• Infodemics can promote stigma, discrimination or violence
• Actions to mitigate the infodemic

  1. Look for facts and evidence

  2. Be critical when receiving information

  3. Question a source for accuracy and evidence

  4. Compare with other sources

  5. Choose carefully and share/like/forward only content from trusted sources

  6. Be cautious and do not reshare, forward or like false information

  7. Be a good example and correct misinformation
• With rapid growth of digital communications and social media platforms, information spread fast from online to our physical lives
• Online information can negatively affect our psychology, daily lives and behaviors worsening the ongoing crisis at hand
• Infodemic


  Makes it difficult to recognize accurate and reliable information that tells people what preventive actions they should take
• Trustworthy information


  Important to share and reduce disinformation
• Actions to mitigate the infodemic

  1. Look for facts and evidence

  2. Be critical when receiving information

  3. Compare with other sources

  4. Share, like or forward only content from trusted sources

  5. Do not reshare, forward or like false information

  6. Correct or call out people in your social networks when they post something untrue

  7. Refer them to the right content and expert organization for further information

  8. Spend less time online, only seek the latest information at specific times of the day
• Together let's combat this disinformation and misinformation. Turn the infodemic to a positive information experience that promotes facts and science