To analyse how algorithms shape public opinion and polarisation, and to actively diversify what you see.

To evaluate how coordinated misinformation and disinformation spread, and to apply structured verification when claims are designed to deceive.

To design and run a media campaign influencing a real decision or audience, locally or nationally.

To produce credible public-facing content to professional standards, and to evaluate the role of citizen journalism in accountability.

To know how to create responsible, evidence-aware health content, and consider the ethics of sharing health advice online.

To analyse how cognitive and media bias shape belief, and to apply strategies for recognising and testing your own.

To take strategic control of personal data and security, understanding data rights and surveillance.

To evaluate how AI-generated and AI-curated content shapes public understanding, and to apply responsible, critical use of AI tools.

To lead and sustain positive change online, applying learning from across the framework.

To locate, interpret and compare reliable health information independently, including more complex or contested sources.

To use media strategically to participate in social change and report harm, from local to global.

To analyse how data-driven targeting shapes opinion at scale and to evaluate its effect on choice and democracy.

To analyse how data, statistics and framing are used to support competing arguments, and to interrogate the evidence behind claims.

To evaluate the health and safety of online communities, recognising manipulation and harmful group dynamics, as well as recognising the role technology companies have to play in safeguarding their users.

To evaluate how facts and opinions are selected and framed to persuade, and to assess the role of a free press in holding power to account.

To manage sustained engagement with news and information critically, balancing civic awareness with wellbeing.

To evaluate how format, purpose and origin interact to shape meaning, and to compare how the same story is constructed differently across competing sources.

To evaluate the ethical and legal consequences of what we share, and to take responsibility for real-world impact.

To evaluate health claims against an evidence hierarchy, and to assess the commercial and emotional drivers behind them.

To apply understanding of copyright, fair use and creative rights, including questions raised by AI and ownership.

To take active control of digital reputation and data rights, weighing long-term consequences for future study, work and civic life.