Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers / by Mike Caulfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caulfield, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement--Textbooks.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, Washington Mike Caulfield [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The web gives us many such strategies and tactics and tools, which, properly used, can get students closer to the truth of a statement or image within seconds. For some reason we have decided not to teach students these specific techniques. As many people have noted, the web is both the largest propaganda machine ever created and the most amazing fact-checking tool ever invented. But if we haven't taught our students those capabilities is it any surprise that propaganda is winning? This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.

Contents:

Part I. Four Strategies and a Habit

1. Why This Book?

2. Four Strategies

3. Building a Fact-Checking Habit by Checking Your Emotions

Part II. Look for Previous Work

4. How to Use Previous Work

5. Fact-checking Sites

6. Wikipedia

Part III. Go Upstream

7. Go Upstream to Find the Source

8. Identifying Sponsored Content

9. Activity: Spot Sponsored Content

10. Understanding Syndication

11. Tracking the Source of Viral Content

12. Tracking the Source of Viral Photos

13. Using Google Reverse Image Search

14. Filtering by Time and Place to Find the Original

15. Activity: Trace Viral Photos Upstream

Part IV. Read Laterally

16. What "Reading Laterally" Means

17. Evaluating a Website or Publication's Authority

18. Basic Techniques: Domain Searches, WHOIS

19. Activity: Evaluate a Site

20. Stupid Journal Tricks

21. Finding a Journal's Impact Factor

22. Using Google Scholar to Check Author Expertise

23. How to Think About Research

24. Finding High Quality Secondary Sources

25. Choosing Your Experts First

26. Evaluating News Sources

27. National Newspapers of Record

28. Activity: Expert or Crank?

29. Activity: Find Top Authorities for a Subject

Part V. Field Guide

30. Verifying Twitter Identity

31. Activity: Verify a Twitter Account

32. Using the Wayback Machine to Check for Page Changes

33. Finding Out When a Page Was Published Using Google

34. Using Google Books to Track Down Quotes

35. Searching TV Transcripts with the Internet Archive

36. Using Buzzsumo To Find Highly Viral Stories

Part VI. Field Guide (Unfinished Articles)

37. Unfinished Articles

38. Finding Out Who Owns a Server

39. Finding Out When a Site Was Launched

40. Avoiding Confirmation Bias In Searches

41. Finding the Best Possible Opposition

42. Advanced Wikipedia

43. Promoted Tweets

Notes:

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