Missed Information: A Video Game Designed to Teach Methods of Spotting Fake News in Social Media

Misinformation has been a particular concern on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. The term 'Fake News' has been used by people of varying political and social backgrounds, and often used to describe misinformation that is circulated in the public sphere. In the Philippines, where this study was conducted, a significant majority of Filipino adults with access to the internet have a Facebook account. The goal of this project is to develop a video game that educates its players on what fake news is and teaches them the methods to identify articles in social media that are verifiably false. Missed Information is a puzzle simulation game where the player takes on the role of a fact-checker hired by a social media company, where they are presented fictional articles and given tools to determine whether they are verifiably false.