9. Lebanon Video Resurfaces in Syria
Source:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/121109/fake-syria-videos-images
10. “In short, rumors arise and spread when people
are uncertain and anxious about a topic of
personal relevance and when the rumor
seems credible given the sensibilities of the
people involved in the spread,”
— “Rumor Mills: The Social Impact of Rumor
and Legend.”
12. New: Abundance
• 100 hours of video uploaded to YouTube ever
minute.
• More than 500 million tweets sent per day.
• More than 55 million Instagram photos
uploaded per day.
13. “Journalism is a discipline of
verification”
— The Elements of Journalism
16. A good editor is “able to look at a page without
using your brain. Put another way, you need
to be able to look at words in a way that goes
against everything your brain would naturally
do when it looks at words.”
— Yuka Igarashi, managing editor of Granta
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21. Mindset
• Assume it’s not true.
• Skeptical.
• Investigator.
• Separate emotion and motivation from work.
24. Discussion
• Complete our survey:
– http://bitly.com/verificationsurvey
• What are you teaching now related to
verification and fact-checking? What works?
• What can we create to help you teach the
discipline of verification?