Getting Started
Fake news stories use technology and social media to look like proper news sites. Organizations and political groups may target you with ads that look like the news. While hackers use bots, bits of software, to create multiple social media accounts and use those to spread disinformation. This can make a fake story seem real, simply because it looks like it has been shared by so many people.
1. How do you view the news? 2 pts.
- Visit the New York Times Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post (Links to an external site.) online quiz.
- Take the quiz and don't worry if you don't do well.
- Follow the link to this Padlet and write a brief note reflecting on any patterns you see about which items you identified correctly and which items you identified incorrectly and what this says about the way you view information online. Make sure to put your name in each post!
2. Misinformation, disinformation, fake news..... Ugh! Annotating text 10 pts.
- Join the Fake News, how can I tell? groupLinks to an external site.. If you do not already have a Hypothes.is account, click on the [Log in to join...] button, and then click on the "Don't have a Hypothesis account? Sign Up" link below the log in boxes and follow the instructions for signing up.
- Once you are a part of the Fake News, how can I tell?, add Hypothes.is to your browser Links to an external site.
- Visit the Disinformation, misinformation, fake news and conspiracies: What’s the freakin difference? (Links to an external site.) and
Combating disinformation in a social media age articles. - Click on the Hypothes.is extension or bookmarklet to start the annotation process.
- Highlight a specific passage that you believe is important to your audience and click on the [Annotate] icon that appears underneath your highlight.
- Click on the [Add new tags] box, type in either definition example, or stats and then press either the [Tab], [Enter], or [Return] key on your keyboard.
- Select the Fake News, how can I tell? group from the group drop-down menu at the top of the Hypothes.is work area (it likely says "Public").
- Move back to your annotation and choose [Post to "Fake News, how can I tell?"] in the [Post] button by clicking on the downward facing triangle (it may say "[Post Only to Me]").
- Post your annotation by clicking on the button.
- Repeat through the entire article.
3. Create A Google Slides Presentation On Misinformation and Disinformation in Digital Age 30 pts.
Based on your research and resources below use this template to create a google slides presentation.
How to use a Google Slides Template:
This is just a guidance for your presentation. Your presentation must be at least 10 slides long, it must contain images and other media and be attractive to the audience. Use common requirements to presentations: no more than 3 sentences per slide, one chart per slide, etc..
Use this Grading Rubric for your presentation guide.
Resources:
Fake News - Statistics and Facts
Impacts of Fake News
Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media
How to Deal With Cognitive Biases in Social Media Content
Stemming the Spread of Misinformation on Social Media
How to use a Google Slides Template:
This is just a guidance for your presentation. Your presentation must be at least 10 slides long, it must contain images and other media and be attractive to the audience. Use common requirements to presentations: no more than 3 sentences per slide, one chart per slide, etc..
Use this Grading Rubric for your presentation guide.
Resources:
Fake News - Statistics and Facts
Impacts of Fake News
Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media
How to Deal With Cognitive Biases in Social Media Content
Stemming the Spread of Misinformation on Social Media
