NewsFeed Defenders is a civics and media literacy learning game developed with iCivics. Players moderate a fictional social media platform, balancing audience growth with decisions about removing or limiting misleading, biased, or deceptive content.
NewsFeed Defenders is a civics and media literacy learning game developed with iCivics that focuses on evaluating information in a digital news environment. Players moderate a fictional social media platform, balancing audience growth with decisions about removing or limiting misleading, biased, or deceptive content. This simulation teaches players to identify journalistic standards, spot "viral deception," and apply lateral reading techniques to maintain the integrity of an online community.
Media Literacy, Content Moderation, Journalism Standards, Identifying Misinformation
Review posts and decide which content should remain visible or be restricted.
Detect clickbait, viral deception, and biased information.
Use principles of credible reporting to guide moderation decisions.
Manage tradeoffs between user engagement and information quality.
Digital media environments shape how people encounter news and form opinions. NewsFeed Defenders helps learners build practical media literacy skills by placing them in the role of content moderators who must evaluate information quality while considering the broader effects on public discourse.
200m+ __ total game plays
145k+ __ teachers engaged annually
9m __ students reached annually
26% __ increase to student civic knowledge
36% __ increase to student civic dispositions
95% __ of iCivics teachers note students are more engaged
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