Research Guides: ENG-101: Professor Bass

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Evaluating Sources

.Some red flags to be aware of...

ALL CAPS
Clickbait - lots of ads or pop-up banners
Fake domains mimicking real websites such as abcnews.com.co

There are several sources to fact-check claims:

Politifact
A Pulitzer Prize-winning website, which rates the accuracy of claims made by elected officials and other public figures who speak on political matters
FactCheck
A nonpartisan site monitoring the accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases
Snopes
The definitive internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation; usually the first to report the facts

TEST

Types of Fake News

Satire or Parody - no intention to cause harm but the potential to fool someone

Misleading Content - misleading use of information to frame an issue, person or group

Imposter Content - when genuine sources are impersonated

Fabricated Content - content is completely false and the intention is to deceive or cause harm

False Connection - when headlines, visuals or captions do not support content

False Context - when genuine content is shared with false contextual information

Manipulated Content - when genuine information or imagery is manipulated to deceive

What is Fake News?

Fake news is "a work of fiction that is presented as a factual news story, often with the intent of deceiving the reader into believing it is factual and enticing them to share it."