True or False : A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News / Cindy L. Otis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otis, Cindy L.

Contributor:

LIBRA Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Part I The History of Fake News

Section 1 Fake News Has Been Around a Lot Longer Than You Think

Chapter 1 The Impact of Fake News p. 1

The Gruesome Story of Jack the Ripper

Chapter 2 The Beginning of Fake News p. 12

The Glorious Victory of Ramses II

The Demonic Rulers of Constantinople

Insert: The Printing Press p. 22

Chapter 3 Fake News and the French Monarchy p. 24

The War of Words Between Marie de Médicis and Her Son

Marie Antoinette, Destroyer of France

Insert: The First Newspapers p. 36

Chapter 4 Fake News and America's Founders p. 38

Benjamin Franklin's Very Special Printing Press

When Thomas Jefferson Really Wanted to Be President

Chapter 5 Fake News Takes On Science p. 48

The Wild Worlds of Edgar Allan Poe

The New York Sun's Fantastical Lunar Creatures

That Time the Wichita City Eagle Said the Earth Would Explode

Insert: The Impact of the Telegraph on Fake News p. 59

Section 2 Yellow Journalism, Propaganda, and Disinformation, Oh My!

Chapter 6 Yellow Journalism p. 63

Hearst, Pulitzer, and the Spanish-American War They Sold

Insert: Backlash Against Yellow Journalism p. 70

Chapter 7 Fake News at War p. 72

WWII: How the Nazis Used Lies to Kill

When the British Faked a Mutiny Over the Radio

The Fake Military That Might Have Just Won the War

Chapter 8 When Racist Conspiracies Become Fake News p. 83

How First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's Clubs Secretly Planned an Uprising

Insert: The Alien Invasion That Wasn't p. 90

Chapter 9 Smoking Is Good for You and Other Fake News About Your Health p. 94

The Tricks of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee

Dr. Andrew Wakefield and His Fake Medical Study About Vaccines

Insert: The Introduction of Television p. 102

Chapter 10 The Fake News Intelligence Battles p. 104

When the Soviets Claimed the US Created HIV-AIDS

Insert: Welcome to the Internet p. 112

Section 3 Drowning in Fake News

Chapter 11 Going Digital p. 117

The Syrian Woman Who Didn't Exist

A Fake News Website Empire

When George Bush Couldn't Get Rid of Fake Campaign Websites

Insert: Fact-Checking Websites p. 126

Chapter 12 Fake News Goes Viral p. 128

Fake Rumors That Killed Innocent People in Mexico

How Fake News Almost Started a War

When Russia Definitely Didn't Shoot Down an Airplane

Chapter 13 Fake News Takes Over Elections p. 140

Hillary Clinton and the Man Who shot Up a Pizza Parlor

The Guy who paid His Student-Loan Bill with Fake News

That Time Russian Troll Farms Tried to Rig the Us Election

Insert: Fake News Weaponized Around the World p. 161

Part II How We Fight Back!

Chapter 14 Facts vs. Opinions p. 166

The Study That Shows It's Hard to Tell the Difference

Exercise: Fact or Opinion? p. 174

Chapter 15 I'm Biased, You're Biased, We're All Biased p. 176

La-La-La, I'm Not Listening-A Study

Cognitive Dissonance and the Aliens That Aren't Coming for Us

Why Negativity Bias Makes Us All Eeyore

The Author Makes a Confession About the Oscar Pistorius Trial and Confirmation Bias

How to Check Your Biases

Exercise: Identify Your Biases p. 188

Chapter 16 Understanding Bias in News Media p. 189

Unintentional Bias, aka When It's By Accident

Intentional Bias, aka When It's Definitely On Purpose

And How to Tell the Difference

Exercise: Can You Spot the Bias? p. 196

Chapter 17 How to Spot Fake News Articles p. 202

Titles That Make You Go Click, aka Clickbait

All the Red Flags

Why Trusted Sources Matter

Exercise: Real or Fake? p. 216

Chapter 18 73% of People Say They Don't Understand Polling, and Other Fake Stats p. 222

Thomas Dewey Who?

The Part Where You Learn to Spot Fake Polls

Exercise: Polling Practice p. 232

Chapter 19 Your Eyes Are Lying: Spotting Fake Photos and Videos p. 238

The Time a Teen Activist Did Not Rip Up the Constitution

North Korea's Bad Photoshopping Skills

How to Spot Fake Photos

No, This Commercial Airline Didn't Do a 360° Roll

Fake Videos, aka Deep Fakes

Exercise: How Was It Photoshopped? p. 247

Chapter 20 Memes Aren't News and Other Social-Media Tips p. 252

The Man Who Jumped to a Lot of Conclusions About Some Buses

Social Media Tips

Political Memes That Fool Us

Exercise: To Trust or Not to Trust? p. 267

Chapter 21 Managing the Chaos of the Breaking-News Cycle p. 274

The Day a Mass Shooter Targeted a Concert

What Breaking News Is and Isn't

How to Not Panic

Exercise: Sorting Through Breaking News p. 281

The Part Where It Takes All of Us.

ISBN:

9781250239495