AND HOW TO AVOID IT
Compiled by Mrs. Touzeau for the Liberty Middle School Social Studies Classes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson #1 Fake News and the PresidentialElection...................................1
Lesson #2 Can You Spot Fake News? Pas Deux = Part Two (Social Media).......9
Lesson #3 Bias in Mass Media....................................................................21
Lesson #2 Can You Spot Fake News? Pas Deux = Part Two (Social Media).......9
Lesson #3 Bias in Mass Media....................................................................21
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This book has been created to help you understand what you see online may or may not be true.
The material will give you strategies on how to identify information that is not truthful and how to find information that will be true and informative for your school based assignments.
This book is dedicated to Walter Cronkite (1916–2009)
The material will give you strategies on how to identify information that is not truthful and how to find information that will be true and informative for your school based assignments.
This book is dedicated to Walter Cronkite (1916–2009)
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Lesson #1 Fake News
and the
Presidential Election
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Lesson #1 Fake News and the Presidential ElectionIn this lesson you will learn how to:
1. Determine how to identify what the presidential candidates are saying.
2. Use strategies to identify fake or unreliable information.
3. Practice using these strategies on your own.
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There are just 4 simple strategies to use when looking at any information online.
1. Who is the author of the website and what makes them qualified to post that material.
2. Using the domain to determine how reliable a site is.
A domain name is the address where Internet users can access a website.
3. Using triangulation to find out if you can fine the same information in at least two (2) or more sites.
4. Looking at the quotes and images to see if they are making outrageous claims that could be incorrect
1. Who is the author of the website and what makes them qualified to post that material.
2. Using the domain to determine how reliable a site is.
A domain name is the address where Internet users can access a website.
3. Using triangulation to find out if you can fine the same information in at least two (2) or more sites.
4. Looking at the quotes and images to see if they are making outrageous claims that could be incorrect
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Middlebury College Library, 2020
FactCheck.org
Annenberg Political Factcheck - a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. 'Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players.'
FactChecker (Washington Post)
Weekly blog from the Washington Post.
PolitiFact.com
From the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. Has a 'Truth-O-Meter' scorecard checking the attacks on the candidates (includes explanations). Also see their Punditfact page.
Snopes.com
"Oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet".
PunditFact
"Dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media."
Last Updated: Sep 4, 2020 10:17 AM
UC Berkeley Real News/Fake News: About Fake News
FactCheck.org
Annenberg Political Factcheck - a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. 'Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players.'
FactChecker (Washington Post)
Weekly blog from the Washington Post.
PolitiFact.com
From the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. Has a 'Truth-O-Meter' scorecard checking the attacks on the candidates (includes explanations). Also see their Punditfact page.
Snopes.com
"Oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet".
PunditFact
"Dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media."
Last Updated: Sep 4, 2020 10:17 AM
UC Berkeley Real News/Fake News: About Fake News
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Video Presentation
Click on the (-) to the right for the slide presentation.
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Click on the (-) button to access the Google Form 2020 Can you spot Fake News?
Supplemental Material presented by author John Green. The author delves into more detail about the author and their authority to post informative and correct information online.
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