Misinformation Is Contagious!

We developed an online game for secondary school students that teaches misinformation detection strategies and fosters epistemic norms of knowledge sharing. The game simulates information sharing decisions on a social network and uses this to model misinformation detection strategies and to simulate the social impact of sharing misinformation. The game website offers suggestions for teaching with the game and following the game. The game is currently available in Hebrew and Arabic.

Link to the game: https://fakenews-game.edu.haifa.ac.il/

Papers:

• Barzilai. S., Mor-Hagani S., Abed F., Tal-Savir D., Goldik N., Talmon I, & Davidow O. (2023). Misinformation Is Contagious: Middle school students learn how to evaluate and share information responsibly through a digital game. Computers & Education 202, 104832. 

• Barzilai, S., & Stadtler, M. (2025). Learning to evaluate (mis)information in an online game: Strategies matter! Computers & Education, 227, 105210.