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This paper presents a Brazilian public school project that uses frames, narratives, and critical pedagogy to teach students how fake news works from the inside. From analyzing “electoral fraud” frames to decoding vaccine conspiracies, students learn to dismantle manipulation through language.


Resumo para não especialistas Apresentamos o projeto “Escola sem fake”, uma iniciativa para capacitar estudantes de escolas públicas a identificar e denunciar textos de desinformação. A ideia é usar conhecimentos de uma área chamada Linguística Cognitiva, que estuda como usamos a linguagem para entender a nossa mente e o mundo, para ajudar a perceber como narrativas falsas são criadas para enganar.

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