CoAnimate Workshop on “(Dis)information”
June 20, 2025
June 20, 2025
A CoAnimate workshop is a collaborative creative process in which teams work with facilitators to develop concepts for explanatory animated videos, create scripts, and design visuals for the videos, all with the goal of conveying ideas, knowledge, and stories quickly and clearly.
As part of the CoAnimate Workshop, two videos were created on disinformation and how information is perceived by the public.
The first video demonstrates how framing works—a technique that influences how we perceive facts and news. Cognitive and social psychologists explain how wording and context can alter our emotions and conclusions.
The second video tells the story of a family of Russian Germans (late resettlers) in Germany who were torn apart by politics and social conflicts. It is a story about learning to listen to and understand one another again. Representatives of the Russian-German community and journalist Irina Peter, author of the book “Deutsch genug? Warum wir endlich über Russlanddeutsche sprechen müssen,” participated in the creation of the videos.
Both videos encourage us to reflect on how our perception of the world is shaped and remind us that behind every story are real people whom it is important to understand and respect.
Russian Germans
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