By the end of the class student should be able to:
Students will works in groups to examine and analyze news stories from different sources.
Students will find a credible article from a mainstream news source that addresses any women’s human rights issue.
News articles that are intentionally and verifiably false and could mislead readers
Hunt Alcott, NUY & Matthew Gentzhow, Stanford
New York Times
Vincent F. Hendricks, director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) University of Copenhagen.
Author of Infostorms: Why Do We ‘Like’? Explaining Individual Behavior on the Social Net
Misinformation comes wrapped in many types of packages. Here are just a few:
intentionally false/bogus
unintentionally misleading
malicious
satire/parody
poor reporting
bad research
bad science
click bait
pure propaganda
partisan
sponsored content
hoax
conspiracy theories
counterfeit
pseudoscience
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