Teaching students to be (wonderfully) abnormal
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Teaching students to be (wonderfully) abnormal
@CraigSilvermanEditor, Regret the Error, Poynter
Editor, Verification Handbook
Who was fooled?
Lebanon Video Resurfaces in Syria
Source:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/121109/fake-syria-videos-images
“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.”
New: Networks
Source: Statistica, http://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/
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.
“Journalism is a discipline of verification”
— The Elements of Journalism
So…
Let’s teach this discipline!
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
Mindset
• Assume it’s not true.• Skeptical.• Investigator.• Separate emotion and motivation from work.
Verification Toolkit
• VerificationHandbook.com• Skype/Phone• Reverse image search• EXIF reader• Google Maps/Earth• Who.is• Spokeo, Pipl.com,WebMii.com• Twitter Advanced Search• YouTube Data Viewer• Izitru
Resources
• VerificationHandbook.com• Coming soon: six free videos on verification,
more case studies.• Citizen Evidence• Bellingcat• Regret the Error
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?