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Deciphering Fake News What Should We Be Worried About?Stephanie Willen BrownDirector, Park Library @ UNC’s School of Media & Journalism
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What Are We Talking About?HoaxPropaganda
Disinformation / Disinformatzya / Dezinformatsiadezinformatsiya
Conspiracy
Fake News * Lügenpresse * Truthful Hyperbole *
Manipulated Content *
False Connection*
False Context *SatireMistakes
* Not defined in any Oxford dictionaries, as of March 29, 2017
What’s the Problem?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-social-media-fake-news-20141202-column.html
We’re all susceptible
What is the Solution?
How to Teach This?• Politically neutral
• Active learning activity (or several)
Images from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/learner-experiences-of-technology
Does this photo provide strong evidence about the conditions near the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant? Explain your reasoning.
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Resources• Brown, Stephanie W. “Checking Facts.” UNC School
of Media & Journalism, March 31, 2017. http://guides.lib.unc.edu/mejo153/checkingFacts • Further resources on overcoming fake news• Lesson plans• Recommended fact checking sites• Sources for this presentation
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