Unveiling deep stories and boosting emotional intelligence to empower citizens against disinformation
What is DEEP about?
- It explores the emotional roots of disinformation.
- It helps young people understand why emotional narratives feel convincing and how they shape beliefs, trust and decisions.
- It develops and pilots interventions across six countries – Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lithuania and Romania.
Why it matters?
Disinformation spreads through emotions, identity and trust, fuelling polarisation, weakening trust in institutions and making it harder to distinguish truth from by manipulation. DEEP addresses this equipping people with the skills and tools to recognise and resist disinformation. (…)
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The DEEP project is implemented by a consortium of seven partner organizations and one associate partner from six European countries: ASM Research Solutions Strategy DOO, Poland (Project Coordinator); Partners: Center for Democracy Foundation (CDF), Serbia; University of Wroclaw, Poland; Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria; Group of the European Youth for Change (Asociatia GEYC), Romania; Mano Europa Association, Lithuania; and Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH, Germany. The Associate Partner is the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria.
The project is funded by the European Union under the “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values” Programme (CERV).
