About
An ERA-curated thematic profile exploring how individuals and communities can interpret media and participate responsibly in today's information environment. Sessions examine AI-generated media, deepfakes, misinformation, persuasive techniques, and responsible sharing, helping people recognize manipulation and make more deliberate communication choices.
Focus: Media and information literacy, AI-generated media, deepfakes, misinformation, persuasive communication, critical interpretation, responsible sharing, and digital citizenship.
Curated by era.forum.
Sessions
Before You Share It: A New Literacy for the AI Era
Sharing information online can amplify misleading or inaccurate content, even unintentionally. Explore practical habits for evaluating claims, recognizing emotional manipulation, checking context, and making more responsible decisions before reposting or distributing digital content.
Why Deepfakes Persuade Even When We Know They Exist
Awareness of deepfakes does not automatically protect people from their influence. Explore how emotional reactions, repetition, social context, and existing beliefs make synthetic media persuasive—and what media literacy can do to strengthen public resilience.
How Synthetic Media Exploits What We Expect to See
Synthetic media can appear convincing because it draws on familiar visual conventions, emotional cues, and assumptions about how authentic content should look. Explore how AI-generated media exploits these expectations and how stronger media-literacy habits can reduce manipulation.