02-01-2020, 10:44 AM
I recently made a new lesson to teach fake news. We started with this image and I asked students whether or not it provides strong evidence of the conditions near the Fukushima site.
![[Image: media%2Ffd1%2Ffd15e9b1-986a-482a-b755-49...tUqt8e.png]](https://media.cheggcdn.com/media%2Ffd1%2Ffd15e9b1-986a-482a-b755-494fff132b7e%2FphptUqt8e.png)
We watched a TED talk about a European group that combats fake news in the wake of Russian propaganda in Ukraine (Russia spread fake stories about a pro Russian Ukrainian man and his family being crucified in Ukraine, but the place they said it happened doesn't even exist and the family is still alive).
We covered identifying fake news and how it appears online
![[Image: sub-buzz-1989-1479330678-1.png]](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-11/16/16/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane01/sub-buzz-1989-1479330678-1.png)
We talked about conspiracy theories and satire being confused with reality. We also discussed identifying the difference between fact based reporting and opinion pieces.
They then had to look at a variety of headlines and memes and determine if they were real or fake:
https://imgur.com/a/9hwO5VG
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/boom-pam-bondi-drops-a-moab-on-democrats-biden-corruption-bondi-blows-up-burisma-scandal-for-all-america-to-see-this-was-brutal/
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-01-27-technological-terror-10-reasons-why-5g-could-cause-a-global-catastrophe.html
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/coronavirus-in-china-20-million-quarantined-2-8-million-infected-112-000-dead#comment
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/630378144/viennas-subway-got-hot-so-they-gave-out-deodorant
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/paj44m/these-are-the-last-koalas-without-chlamydia
Finally we looked at a number of Russian ads from the 2016 election and identified the target and the goal of the ads:
https://imgur.com/a/of31BqL
The facebook ads really resonated with them.
Do your part. Do an initial smell test: Does it even seem real? Source it. Where's it from, who wrote it, what did they cite. Find something to collaborate it. Who else is reporting it and are they legitimate too?
If it holds up: post it.
We watched a TED talk about a European group that combats fake news in the wake of Russian propaganda in Ukraine (Russia spread fake stories about a pro Russian Ukrainian man and his family being crucified in Ukraine, but the place they said it happened doesn't even exist and the family is still alive).
We covered identifying fake news and how it appears online
We talked about conspiracy theories and satire being confused with reality. We also discussed identifying the difference between fact based reporting and opinion pieces.
They then had to look at a variety of headlines and memes and determine if they were real or fake:
https://imgur.com/a/9hwO5VG
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/boom-pam-bondi-drops-a-moab-on-democrats-biden-corruption-bondi-blows-up-burisma-scandal-for-all-america-to-see-this-was-brutal/
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-01-27-technological-terror-10-reasons-why-5g-could-cause-a-global-catastrophe.html
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/coronavirus-in-china-20-million-quarantined-2-8-million-infected-112-000-dead#comment
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/630378144/viennas-subway-got-hot-so-they-gave-out-deodorant
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/paj44m/these-are-the-last-koalas-without-chlamydia
Finally we looked at a number of Russian ads from the 2016 election and identified the target and the goal of the ads:
https://imgur.com/a/of31BqL
The facebook ads really resonated with them.
Do your part. Do an initial smell test: Does it even seem real? Source it. Where's it from, who wrote it, what did they cite. Find something to collaborate it. Who else is reporting it and are they legitimate too?
If it holds up: post it.
![[Image: ulVdgX6.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/ulVdgX6.jpg)
![[Image: 4CV0TeR.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4CV0TeR.png)
