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200 Participants and 3 Winners – ComCom Holds the 13th Edition of “Truth or Fiction?!”
The Communications Commission has held the 13th edition of the media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?!”. Nearly 200 students from 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grades representing various regions of Georgia took part in the competition. The jury selected three winners from the submitted entries, who received high-tech prizes from ComCom. In addition to the winners, the authors of the ten best entries also received prizes from the Commission.
According to the competition rules, participants were required to identify false information circulating in online media that had not previously been verified as false. They then had to present the methods used to detect the false information, the relevant sources consulted, and the actual facts.
First place went to Ioseb Kutateladze, a 9th grade student at N. Dumbadze Public School No. 2 in Ozurgeti. His project examined claims regarding the replacement of cash payments with a digital currency in the European Union. To verify the facts presented in the article, Ioseb cross-checked the information against multiple official sources and determined that it was indeed false. ComCom awarded him a latest-generation smartphone.
Second place went to Barbare Gorgodze, an 11th grade student at Tbilisi Public School No. 169. She identified disinformation in a post published by a Facebook user with a large following. The claim concerned the sale of fishing licenses in maritime waters. Barbare verified the information through alternative sources and confirmed that the assertion was false. She received a latest-generation laptop from ComCom.
Third place went to Giorgi Bitsadze, an 11th grade student at the Roots College and Lyceum. His project focussed on the alleged connection between the so-called Schumann Resonance and human health. To verify the claims, Giorgi researched the issue using multiple international sources and established that the evidence cited in the article was false. The Communications Commission awarded him a latest-generation tablet.
The media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?!” aims to foster analytical skills, fact-checking abilities and critical thinking among young people. The contest has been held nine times for school pupils and four times for university students, attracting more than 1,300 participants in total.
