How to Recognize
and Reject
Fake News
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Real news vs. Fake news
Why we should care about fake news
Ways to combat fake news
How to engage your students in determining real news versus fake news
Q&A
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Your Presenters
• Beth Berry – MBA
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MBA, Stanford
Program Director, BPC
Accounting
Business Personal Computers
Office Applications
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• Rachelle Hall - MPA
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MPA, Pepperdine
Program Director, CIS
Business, Management
Computer Information
Systems
• Microsoft Technology Systems
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Real News? Fake News?
• Cinnamon Roll Can Explodes Inside Man’s Butt During Shoplifting
Incident”
empireherald.com
• 765,000 hits
• “Obama Signs Executive Order Banning the Pledge of Allegiance
in Schools Nationwide”
ABCNews.com.co
• 2,177,000 hits
• “A Blitz; Car Carrying Super Bowl Trophy Hits Deer in Maine”
Associated Press
• 2,900 hits
• “Woman Arrested for Defecating on Boss’ Desk After Winning the
Lottery”
The Valleyreport.com
• 1,765,000 hits
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“By age 18, 88% of young adults regularly get
news from Facebook and other social media
sites.
2015 Media Insight Project
“What we see is a rash of fake news going on
that people pass on without thinking, and we
really can’t blame young people because we’ve
never taught them to do otherwise.”
Sam Wineburg, Professor of Education and History
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Stanford University
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Why Should We Care About
Fake News?
•Fake news undermines the real news
•Fake news has consequences
•Fake news hampers an informed
citizenry
•Sharing fake news undermines
your
http://libguides.marshall.edu/fake
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Fake News Undermines Real News
"Fake news and the proliferation of raw opinion that passes for news, is creating
confusion, punching holes in what is true, causing a kind of fun-house effect that
leaves the reader doubting everything, including real news." -Sabrina Tavernise
• Memory Warping
• Even if fake news is corrected, the damage is done
• Even after corrected – only 60% change their opinion
• Social networks can powerfully shape memory – a collective memory
• Collective memories form the basis of history
• Shapes how the future is thought of
Things that get mentioned, get remembered.
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Spinney, Laura. "How Facebook, fake news and friends are warping your memory." 08 March 2017.
Nature. Internet. 21 March 2017.
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Fake News Has Consequences
• Financial
Krazit, Tom. "Engadget sends Apple stock plunging on iPhone rumor."
#CCE2017 16 May 2007. cnet. Internet. 15 March 2017.
• Criminal
http://wapo.st/2g0Gv6p
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Fake News VS. an Informed Citizenry
“The Internet gives the public a wide range of information sources,
and people have an alarming tendency to gravitate to the ones that
reinforce their views.”
LA Times
• Echo Chamber Effect
• AKA – Filter Bubbles
• “Caters” to user by feeding them only
similar news
• Follow your habits and trap you
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https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?utm_s
ource=tedcomshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tedspread
Fake News VS. an Informed Citizenry
“It will be very hard for people to watch or consume something that
has not in some sense been tailored for them.”
Eric Schmidt, Google
• Click Bait
• An eye-catching link
• Encourages people to read on
• Often paid for by the advertiser
• Generates income based on the number of clicks
• Click once; you get more.
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https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?utm_s
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ource=tedcomshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tedspread
Sharing Fake News Hurts Your Credibility
The perils of celebrity journalism…
when the story takes a back seat to the person telling it.
Los Angeles Times
• “The reputation of the press
has been tarnished, and
people are left to navigate
the fractured landscape on
their own. “
Brian Williams
NBC News
6-Month Suspension
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Jayson Blair
New York Times
Fired
Barry, Dan, et al. "Correcting the Record: Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Train
of Deception." 11 May 2003. The New York Times. Internet. 21 March 2017.
Steel, Emily and Ravi Somaiya. "Brian Willams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months
Without Pay." 10 February 2015. The New York Times. Internet. 12 March 2017.
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Combating Fake News
• Browser Plugins
• B.S. Detector
• This is Fake
Fact-Checking Sites:
• Media Bias/Fact Check
• FactCheck.org
• Politifact
• Snopes.com
• Washington Post Fact Checker
• Hoaxy
• Identifying Fake News Sites:
• False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources
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Facebook’s work
• Facebook – 3rd party fact-checking software warning about disputed content
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Student Engagement
10 tip for getting the facts for yourself
http://www.stonesoupcreative.com/infographic-fake-news-real-news-10-tipsgetting-facts/?doing_wp_cron=1491157801.0037848949432373046875
TED Lesson – How to Choose Your News
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown
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Real News? Fake News?
• Beth Berry
• MBA, Stanford
• 30 years teaching
• Born in Butler, NJ
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• Rachelle Hall
• MPA, Pepperdine
• 18 years at GCC
• Born in Chicago, IL
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Special Thanks
• Alisa Cooper – English Faculty
• Center for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement
• Glendale Community College
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Rachelle Hall
[email protected]
Beth Berry
[email protected]
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Works Cited
Barry, Dan, et al. "Correcting the Record: Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Train of
Deception." 11 May 2003. The New York Times. Internet. 21 March 2017.
Domonoske, Camila. "Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds." 23
November 2016. NPR. Internet. 3 March 2017.
Krazit, Tom. "Engadget sends Apple stock plunging on iPhone rumor." 16 May 2007. cnet. Internet. 15
March 2017.
"Lies, Propaganda, and fake news: A challenge for our age." 3 March 2017. BBC. Internet. 21 March
2017.
Marshall University Libraries. Fake News, Misinformation and Finding the Truth. 6 December 2016.
Internet. 21 March 2017.
Siddiqui, Faiz and Susan Svriuga. "N.C. man told police he went to D.C. pizzeria with gun to investigate
conspiracy theory ." 5 December 2016. The Washington Post. Internet. 3 March 2017.
Silverman, Craig. "Here Are 50 Of The Biggest Fake News Hits On Facebook From 2016." 30 December
2016. BuzzFeed. Internet. 21 March 2017.
Spinney, Laura. "How Facebook, fake news and friends are warping your memory." 08 March 2017.
Nature. Internet. 21 March 2017.
Steel, Emily and Ravi Somaiya. "Brian Willams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay." 10
February 2015. The New York Times. Internet. 12 March 2017.
Tavernise, Sabrina. "As Fake News Spreads Lies, More Readers Shrug At The Truth." 6 December 2016.
The New York Times. Internet. 21 March 2017.
Zimdars, Melissa. "False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical "News" Sources." 6 December 2016.
Marshall University Libraries. Internet. 21 March 2017.
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