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Evaluating Print and Online Media

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Topics on the Page

Is Internet Access a Human Right?

Historical Examples of Fake News Stories

Evaluating Online Information

Evaluating News Stories

Deepfakes: Artifically-Generated Portraits

Evaluating Political Advertisements

Cross-Link: The Mass Media

Is Internet Access is a Human Right?

Image by Frederick Burr Oppr, March 1894

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (May 2011)

Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Why Internet Access is a Human Right. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (June 2017)

Americans and the News Media: What They Do--and Don't--Understand about Each Other, American Press Institute (June 11, 2018)

Historical Examples of Fake News Stories

The Great Moon Hoax
Confederate Black Soldiers
Yellow Journalism
The War of the Worlds
The Malmedy Massacre
The Five O'Clock Follies

For more information, link to Identifying Fake News

Who are Fact Checkers and What Do They Do, WikiTribune (2017)

Evaluating Online Information

Link here for Online Fact Checkers and How to Distinguish Credible from Unreliable Resources

Website Evaluation Strategies

Sources of Reliable Content

Examples of Hoax Websites

Explorers A to Z Website

Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Top 10 Sites to Help Students Check Their Facts, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), February 1, 2018

Evaluating News Articles

An Infographic from EasyBib identifies these questions to ask?

Who is the Author?

Are there references, link or citations?

What is the website?

Does the headline match the content?

Are there spelling and grammatical errors?

Are there any direct quotes incorrectly used or taken out of context?

Does the article only showcase one side of an argument?

Is the story completely outrageous?

For more on what makes a resource accurate and safe

Turn Students into Fact-Finding Web Detectives, Common Sense Education

Do the Facts Hold Up? NewseumEd

Why is Bias an Issue When Searching for Resources?

It is important to determine if an article or resource was written with bias as it could skew the presentation of information in order to promote the goal of the author. For example in politics the same event can be presented in multiple ways in order to promote the agenda of the source. When reading an article or other resource it is important to take steps to determine if it includes bias or not because the actual truth of what occurred at the event may be altered in ways the reader is unaware of.

How to Determine if an Article Contains Bias:

The link below explains simple steps the reader can take to determine levels of bias in articles.

https://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-Bias-in-a-Newspaper-Article

YouTube Video that Explains How to Tell if Something in Writing is Fact or Opinion: