Fake News: Separating Truth From Fiction: 4. Fake News Examples Source: 4. Fake News Examples – Fake News: Separating Truth From Fiction – LibGuides at Valencia College
Author: Cathie
Surgeon General and Health Misinformation
What can we do to clean up the health information environment?
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory During COVID-19 Vaccination Push Warning American Public About Threat of Health Misinformation | HHS.gov
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory During COVID-19 Vaccination Push Warning American Public About Threat of Health Misinformation Source: U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory During COVID-19 Vaccination Push Warning American Public About Threat of Health Misinformation | HHS.gov
“blank bible” for annotation
Interleaving a copy of your favorite text can leave massive amounts of space for marginalia! Source: Chris Aldrich
Platforms/tools for commonplace books
I’ve seen some people building digital commonplace books in real time, but I’m also curious to see more academics doing it and seeing what tools and platforms they’re using to do it. Source: Chris Aldrich
Dissenting from algorithms
So, how can we make algorithmic systems more democratic, so that collective decision-making can be expansive rather than restrictive? This essay explores three intersections of AI and dissent: dissenting from algorithmic decisions, protecting political dissent, and fostering the sensibility to dissent from a given system. Source: A New AI Lexicon: Dissent. Can an algorithmic system […]
On Algorithmic Amplification
Tech companies implemented recommendation algorithms because they proved remarkably successful at manipulating users. By maximizing clicks, likes, and shares, recommendation algorithms also helped maximize profits. These algorithms also succeeded in creating vicious feedback loops. If a user searches for content about QAnon on these platforms, whether innocently or otherwise, the algorithms will recommend additional QAnon-related […]
The Oxygen of Amplification
Infodemic
The parallels between the spread of the new strain of coronavirus and the spread of misinformation and confusion about it — between the actual pandemic and what the World Health Organization called an “infodemic” — offer a number of important and urgent lessons in news and information literacy. Source: The Sift: Practicing information hygiene | […]
Steps for minimizing our misinformation footprint
Minimize your own “misinformation footprint” by being more thoughtful about what you post and share on social media. Do a quick fact-check first. Shift your focus from arguing points to explaining things to others. Edit and improve Wikipedia articles. Create explanatory YouTube videos. Post pages on blogs or wikis that provide helpful guidance on important […]
