Controversy and Opinion: Fact or Fiction?

Most Americans Who See Fake News Believe It, New Survey Says

The new data comes from an online survey of 3,015 U.S. adults conducted between November 28 and December 1, 2016.  Read about the study conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for BuzzFeed News. A detailed summary of results to all questions can be found here.  

How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study New York Times, November 20, 2016

Case Studies in Spotting Bullshit University of Washington Calling Bullshit Class, Spring 2017

Stanford study examines fake news and the 2016 presidential election Stanford University, January 18, 2017

6 types of misinformation circulated this election season Columbia Journalism Review, November 18, 2016

Fake news, real violence: 'Pizzagate' and the consequences of an Internet echo chamber CNN, December 6, 2016

We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned NPR, November 23, 2016

• A Field Guide to Lies by Daniel J. Levitin

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
• Asking the Right Questions by M. Neil Browne; Stuart M. Keeley

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
• The News Media by C. W. Anderson; Leonard Downie; Michael Schudson

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
• Journalism Ethics for the Digital Age by Denis Muller

Image Source: "How to Spot Fake News" by IFLA is CC BY 4.0

• Do a "claim check."  Identify a claim from a website or news story like "red wine prevents cancer." Find at least three articles to substantiate or refute the claim or provide deeper analysis of the claim. See if the articles cite their sources. 
• Evaluate news sites with this worksheet.
• Complete an analysis of a news article using this news literacy guide and exercise.

Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data
A course taught at the University of Washington in Spring 2017 by Dr. Carl Bergstrom (Biology Department) and Dr. Jevin West (Information School)

• Syllabus with linked readings
• Recorded lectures

• Fact Check
• PolitiFact
• Open Secrets
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
• Poynter Institute: Must Reads for Fact Checkers
• NPR: A Finder's Guide to Facts
• A Savvy News Consumer’s Guide: How Not To Get Duped
• First Draft News
  • 5 Telltale Signs of an Online Hoax
• Reverse Image Search
  • Google Reverse Image Search
  • TinEye Reverse Image Search
• Tools & Tricks for Spotting and Calling Bullshit

• Savvy Info Consumers: Fake News University of Washington Libraries

• Washington Post Fact Checker

• Harvard's Project Implicit Social Attitudes Test Check your own bias

• Have I read at least three different articles about this topic? Do the facts match up in each article
• Does this article indicate its sources: are there quotes from eyewitnesses, subject experts, elected officials, or policy makers?
• What kind of information source is this: breaking news? Commentary on an event? Opinion or analysis?
• When was this published?
• Who is the publisher? What is their publication track record?

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