FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
"PolitiFact is a project of the Tampa Bay Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter."
by Anjana Susarla, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University, May 2018.
"Despite some basic potential flaws, AI can be a useful tool for spotting online propaganda – but it can also be startlingly good at creating misleading material."
A review of 83 SCOTUS cases between between 2011 and 2015 found that seven contained factual errors or misinformation that sometimes affected the ruling. Hear more in this WNYC story from November 2017.
The story of a Sikh man who was deliberately misidentified as an attacker in the November 2015 Paris attacks. A doctored photo of him spread so widely on social media it ended up on the cover of major European newspapers.
Reporters talk about how they gather information in the field, the steps taken to confirm those details, and how they balance stories using multiple sources.
Check, Please! - Mike Caulfield's Starter Fact-Checking Course
"In this course, we show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about 30 minutes apiece."
Created by Mike Caulfield, WSU - Vancouver.
Spotting Unreliable Sources
Source:"How to Spot Fake News, by FlackCheck.org, is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.
Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World by Kimiz Dalkir; Rebecca KatzIn the current day and age, objective facts have less influence on opinions and decisions than personal emotions and beliefs. Many individuals rely on their social networks to gather information thanks to social media's ability to share information rapidly and over a much greater geographic range. However, this creates an overall false balance as people tend to seek out information that is compatible with their existing views and values. They deliberately seek out "facts" and data that specifically support their conclusions and classify any information that contradicts their beliefs as "false news." Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students.
Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies by Martin CohenIncludes "instruction and exercises that you can put to work today as you navigate social media and news websites, chat with AI, fact-check your own and others' views, and more. . . . Identify other people's arguments and conclusions--and spot holes in them . . . "
Call Number: 370.152 C678c 2024, in Essential College Skills