A window shows up where the player can search on their own. The search engines used were Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, and Swisscows.

Search Engine in MAthE

The tool finds whether the image has been used on the web before.

Reverse Image Search in MAthE

Since not all images can be accessed through reverse image searches, forensic tools for finding images on the web was also integrated.

Image Verification Assistant in MAthE

This tool investigates whether the title of the article has already been debunked by the website "Ellinika Hoaxes", which finds unreliable articles.

Debunking Site in MAthE

- Search Engine
- Reverse Image Search
- Image Verification Assistant
- Debunking Site

Davidson College

An online intervention that is meant to increase people's media literacy and critical thinking on misinformation. The game uses four verification assistance tools, and it asks players to identify fake and real news. It was created in Greek.

"MAthE" the Game

Katsaounidou, A., Vrysis, L., Kotsakis, R., Dimoulas, C., & Veglis, A. (2019). MAthE the game: A serious game for education and training in news verification. Education Sciences, 9(2), 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9020155

MAthE the game: A serious game for education and training in news verification.

Verification Assistance Tools in MAthE

The game was generally considered to be useful and challenging by the players, and they generally found the interface easy to use.

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