Manufacturing Reality:
- CRASH COURSE: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading (14 min video)
- CRASH COURSE: Using Wikipedia (14 min video)
- Think You Can Spot Fake News? Take This Quiz.
- Fareed Zakaria What in the World: Fake news – YouTube (Fake Video of World Leaders?)
- We Fooled the Internet: Bieber’s Burrito (13 mins)
- Birds Aren’t Real & Finding Truth on the Internet (Article & Videos)
- DEEP FAKES INTERACTIVE: Designed to Deceive – AI Created Fake People Look Real -> TRY MAKING YOUR OWN!
- MANUFACTURING REALITY: PIGS SAVING GOATS
- Pig Rescues Baby Goat (YouTube)
- Petting Zoo Hero (YouTube)- Manufacturing Viral Video
- Pig Goes Viral (YouTube)
- Play Hoaxes & Fakes Exercise (PDF see p. 3)
- Nothing On This Page is Real: How Lies Become Truth in Online America (Washington Post)
- THE RUSSIA REPORT: How Russia Manipulated Via Social Media (CNN VIDEO – 4 mins)
- THE RUSSIAN REPORT: Russia’s Manipulation of Social Media Messages-Election 2016 & Beyond
- Correlation is NOT Causation (A FUN Take!)
- Which is the Real Newsreader? (AI vs. Real)
- Deep Fakes: Believe at Your Own Risk (2 min video – NYT)
- FACEBOOK DEEPFAKE Video Ban May Set Off Cat & Mouse Game
- What’s Real Press Conference Video? (Trump/Acosta)
- More on this press conference (CBS)
- New White House – Press Corps Rules & The First Amendment (Politico)
- TRUMP & Fact-Checker Poll: Few Americans Believe Him (VIDEO- 3 mins, Article, Results)
- Do You Live in a Bubble? Take a Quiz. (PBS Newshour)
- Is Your Newsfeed a Political Bubble? Try PolitEcho on Facebook.
- Facebook’s Very Bad Month Just Got Worse (New Yorker 2018)
- THE SIFT ARCHIVE: Sorting Through Rumors, Hoaxes, Misinformation (You may SUBSCRIBE)
- How To Spot Corona Virus Misinformation (TIME)
- Why Can’t Online Generation Spot Misinformation? (LA TIMES)
- The Meaninglessness of the .ORG Domain (NYT)
- The Propaganda Feedback Loop (Harvard Study)
- Deep Fakes & Democracy (video)
- Understanding Numbers: Denominators Matter (Image)
More Fake News Stuff…
- America’s Growing Fake News Problem in 1 Chart
- Unreliable News Sources Got More Traction in 2020
- Info & Strategies From Dickinson College Library
- How to Burst Your Filter Bubble (BBC Video)
- Fact Check Now Available on Google Search
- How to Fight Lies, Tricks & Chaos Online
- How to Deal With Breaking News – A Consumer Handbook
- Google Will Warn Users When Search Results May Be Unreliable
- Why People Fall For Conspiracy Theories (538.com)
When Unfiltered Isn’t Unfiltered
- Metz on MTV – “Freestyle Walking”
- How” Freestyle Walking” Goes From Teenaged 90s Prank to Multi-Million $$ Biz
- “Lords of Soaptown” Movie
What’s a Video News Release (VNR)?
- What is a VNR?
- Fake TV News (VNRs)
- Walmart VNR
- How to Make a VNR
Reading Visual Images:
- How To Do a Visual Analysis in 5 Steps
- In Meme Culture, How to Spark Critical Thinking About Images
- Visual Thinking Strategies (VSL) Homepage
- Movie Poster Expert Explains Color Schemes (YouTube :10 mins)
- “It’s Going to Be the Image of the Revolution” – What Makes Images Powerful?
MISC:
Noam Chomsky (Linguist-Political Philosopher-Activist)
- “Manufacturing Consent” Interview w/Bill Moyers (Part 1)
- “Manufacturing Consent” Interview w/Bill Moyers (Part 2)
- Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent
- Noam Chomsky on Propaganda Terms: Language & Meaning
How Does Social Media Machinery Battle Problematic Content?
- YouTube Struggles to Shut Down New Zealand Shooting Videos- Humans Outsmart Systems?
How Can the News Media Can Fall Prey to Propaganda
- How the Media Created a “Super Predator” Myth That Harmed a Generation of Black Youth
- How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa & the Capitol Riots (NYT)
And let us never forget that….
- Correlation is NOT Causation (a FUN take!)
- Correlation is NOT Causation 2