Agents of Influence

Agents of Influence will be a web-based video game for middle and high school students to develop critical thinking and digital literacy skills to increase their resilience to mis- and dis-information. In the game, students play a freshman in a fictional high school and join the eponymous Agents of Influence ? a secret, student led spy club dedicated to protecting the school from misinformation and disinformation, centering on topics such as social media distortion, fear-based decision making, echo chambers, and logical fallacies. Students play the digital game and then interact with their classmates to converse about ideas from different perspectives. The game will be designed flexibly as a replacement or supplement for civics, media literacy, computer science, or after-school programs.