Showing posts with label fake news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fake news. Show all posts
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Coronavirus Fake News

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China Coronavirus When life gets scary, it's important to think twice about information. The outbreak of the coronavirus is a go...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

US students fall short in 'fake news' digital literacy tasks

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Finnish sources recently shared the results of a study at an international school in which students "significantly outperformed U.S. ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Locating Disinformation

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Fragment of the cover of Disinformation, a book by Ion Mihai Pacepa,  ex-deputy  chief of communist Romania’s  foreign  intelligence,  ...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Fact Checking Refresher

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When and where did this occur? Fact checking is in the news a lot these days because of fake news. Concurrent with the US midterm electi...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Evaluating the Publisher Preview

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Here's a free preview of the Evaluate the Publisher tutorial that is part of the WSI (Website Investigator) package. If you can...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Personal Filters

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On the 21st Century Information Fluency page last month, I posted this question: What do you do to determine if news is fake? Share a ti...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

98% Gullibility?

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"Only 2 per cent of children and young people can tell if a news story is real or fake, according to a survey published today." ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Don't expect help in Infowars

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Image Source:  Fact Check Central Yesterday's news about the subway attack in NYC is yet another example that you can't believe ...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Reacting to Fake News

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Fake news may have started as a joke, but it quietly became a trusted news contender in 2016. Saturday Night Live, the Onion and even ...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Facts Matter

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I recently updated a 21cif MicroModule on Evidence that got me thinking about recent elections in the US. What role did facts actually pla...