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Learning to Identify Misinformation With Your Child.
Introduction In the last decade we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of social media. Majority of Americans report that they use some from of social media platform on a regular basis. However, this increase is not only among adults. 97% of American teens are avid social media users. While these digital playgrounds…
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Analysis on Combatting Misinformation
Hello, and welcome back to Brian’s blog postings for school. This week we are reflecting on the topic of combatting misinformation and disinformation. Specifically, we will be looking at a couple social media platforms and how they attempt to keep their site a reliable source of information for its users. Our first site…
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Media Analysis
This Fox News segment over the rise in the California minimum wage didn’t surprise me anymore than the typical Fox News segment; however, with the topic being of one that affects someone like me in the working class I found this to be the perfect topic to dive into for our claim analysis post this…
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Hello ASU!
This week we will be reflecting on a couple of easy-to-use tools that can help prepare you to face misinformation in the wild. Our first tool is a series of interactive lessons presented by News Literacy Project is Rumor Guard. On the home page of this site, you will find multiple fact checked articles that…