Created manga for the joint project “On the trail of rumors” by the Goethe-Institut and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) in Germany. This project uses manga to introduce various initiatives to solve the problems of online mis/disinformation in East Asia. There will be eight episodes in total, each of which was created through a collaboration between various creators.
Eipsode 0
Situation of social media usage in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong / project overview
Episode 1: A helpful bot
This episode introduces Cofacts, a fact-checking initiative in Taiwan
Episode 2: Face to face
This episode introduces the Fake News Cleaner, a grassroots movement run by 160 volunteers in Taiwan.
Episode 3: Listening to social media
This episode introduces SoLT, an initiative taken by the people on a mission to debunk online rumors.
Episode 4: Media literacy 101
This episode introduces ANNIE Asia, a network of news and information educators.
Episode 5: The ban festival
This episode introduces an online movement by anonymous netizens to report online hate.
Episode 6: Message from Ray
This episode introduces Ray’s Blog, a game-style media literacy educational program developed by a startup in Japan.
Episode 7: Training AI
This episode introduces an academic initiative for AI training to detect online hate speech.
