Fake News Consequences
PBS: The United States of Conspiracy
John Oliver on the disinformation loop between the White House and right wing media outlets.
- This Video May Not Be Real - Opinion - New York TimesClaire Wardle responds to growing alarm around “deepfakes” — seemingly realistic videos generated by artificial intelligence.
- How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Conspiracy TheoriesArguing probably does no good.
- Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed
Pew Center report, 5 June 2019
- A "dictator's playbook" is threatening democracy. This woman is fighting back."The Philippines is a cautionary tale for the United States. The very same things that are happening in the Philippines are happening in the U.S., and the only difference is that institutions in the United States are stronger than in the Philippines," she said.
Real-World Consequences
Facts Still Exist: We Need Writers Now More Than Ever. Our Democracy Depends On It
Egan, Jennifer. “We Need Writers Now More Than Ever. Our Democracy Depends On It.” Time, 11 Dec. 2018, http://time.com/5475490/writers-truth-democracy-jennifer-egan/. Accessed 3 Jan. 2019.
Historical Perspective
Fake Health News - Telling Fact from Fiction
- Pharmacological Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A ReviewPeer-reviewed overview of available medical therapies and their limitations.
- BBC: How to spot fake health newsAudio broadcast: 27 minutes.
- Understanding Health News: Complementary Health Approaches In the NewsFrom the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational studyStudy of claims made on TV shows featuring M.D.s found errors 54% of the time.
- The Anti-Vaccine Movement, Bad Science, and the Rise of Fake NewsNursing Clio is an open access, peer-reviewed, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day issues related to gender and medicine.
HOWLER Tutorial: Why Does Fake News Matter
Q: Where to American adults get their news information?
Shearer, Elisa. “Social Media Outpaces Print Newspapers in the U.S. as a News Source.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 10 Dec. 2018, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/10/social-media-outpaces-print-newspapers-in-the-u-s-as-a-news-source/.
Fake News - Videos
President Putin's disinformation campaign aims to win Russian hearts and minds with an "alternative version of events"
Washington Post Fact Checker, 26 July 2018.
- What's Facebook Doing About False News?Promotional video created by Facebook to describe their efforts toward combating false news.
A year of 'fake' complaints about real news
For Facts Sake: Florida Students are not 'crisis actors'
Consequences of fake news discussion:
