FACT, FAKE OR FICTION?

Defining our reality in an age of unlimited media

SODA Level 4 students, working in teams from across our eight media programmes, were tasked with working together to conceptualise a media experience that explores the theme of “Fact, Fake or Fiction?”.

The following excerpts are works in progress from their projects.

Students are supported by academic staff from across SODA programmes: Ursula Ackah, Olugbenga Ajayi, David Bewick, Adam Cain, Liv Campion, Rianon Francis, Chris Gladwin, Antony Hall, Babar Hussain, Alan Jones, Helen McGhie, Shō Ogden, Sara Nesteruk, Adinda van’t Klooster, Tristan Poyser, Mark Porter, Merike van de Vijver, Daniel Moss, Richard Higginbottom, Neil Bruce, Babar Suleman, Emer Crawford-Thomson, David Jackson, Adam Cooke, Rob Potts, Lois Macdonald.

The Cosmic Chronicles

Darragh 'Ace' Cunningham , Sam Potts , Olivier Marianski , Hazel Kyle , Jesse Reed

This is a fake news outlet taking real facts and twisting them to create misinformation, specifically focussing on astrological events and potential catastrophes. We did this through writing fake stories, creating a fake interview, taking pictures of rocks and modifying them using editing techniques and Photoshop Generative AI to lead further into the idea of fake/ falseness. Ace worked on the layout, photo editing and hyperlinking. Jesse made a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the website and an advertisement to make it seem legit. Sam work on the interview and creation of the narrative for it. Hazel worked on the photography, editing and creating a 3D render of the asteroid. Olivier worked on creating the side stories and using the 3D render to create a 3D print of the asteroid.

WORK IN PROGRESS SLIDES