Misinformation And Fake News In Education

Author : Panayiota Kendeou,Daniel H. Robinson,Matthew T. McCrudden
Publisher : IAP
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641138536

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Misinformation and Fake News in Education by Panayiota Kendeou,Daniel H. Robinson,Matthew T. McCrudden Pdf

Today, like no other time in our history, the threat of misinformation and disinformation is at an all-time high. This is also true in the field of Education. Misinformation refers to false information shared by a source who intends to inform, but is unaware that the information is false, such as when an educator who recommends the use of a learning strategy that is not actually beneficial. Disinformation is false information shared by a source who has the intent to deceive and is aware that the information is false, such as when a politician claim that high-stakes testing will fix K-12 education when in fact there is no evidence to support this practice. This book provides recent examples of how misinformation and disinformation manifest in the field of education and remedies. Section One, Susceptibility to Misinformation, focuses on factors that influence the endorsement and persistence of misinformation. This section will include chapters on: the appeal and persistence of “zombie concepts” in education; learner and message factors that underlie the adoption of misinformation in the context of the newly proposed Likelihood of Adoption Model; cognitive and motivational factors that contribute to misinformation revision failure; cognitive biases and bias transfer in criminal justice training; the influence of conspiratorial and political ideation on the use of misinformation; and, how educational culture and policy has historically given rise to quackery in education. Section Two, Practices in the Service of Reducing Misinformation in Education, focuses on practices aimed at reducing the impact of misinformation, and includes chapters on: misinformation in the education of children with ASD and its influence on educational and intervention practices; the promise of using dynamical systems and computational linguistics to model the spread of misinformation; systematic attempts to reduce misinformation in psychology and education both in and out of the classroom; and the potential perils of constructivism in the classroom, as well as the teaching of critical thinking. Each section has a discussion chapter that explicates emerging themes and lessons learned and fruitful avenues for future research.

Author : Blankenship, Rebecca J.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799864752

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Deep Fakes, Fake News, and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies by Blankenship, Rebecca J. Pdf

Choosing the right technologies to match student learning outcomes in today's technology-integrated classrooms presents educators and instructional designers with multiple curricula and instructional design challenges including selecting appropriate technologies to match desired student learning outcomes. As students continue to have broad access to information from a variety of web-based platforms, educators and educational professionals are increasingly tasked with ensuring the information used to complete key assignments or tasks is authentic and from a verifiable resource. As such, the era of deep fakes in images, audios, videos, and digital texts is more prevalent than ever as numerous programs using artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly alter original content to fundamentally change the intent of original content. Moreover, students are being bombarded by a plethora of information that is either intentionally or mistakenly false and must be navigated with care. Accordingly, educators and educational professionals are now tasked with employing best practices to not only teach basic digital literacy and citizenship skills but also to recognize how technology-immersed learning environments interact with deep fakes and misinformation while equipping students with the tools necessary to recognize authentic and altered content. Deep Fakes, Fake News, and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies is a critical reference source that addresses rising concerns of students’ ability to navigate the multitude of false and altered information and content that is easily accessible through online platforms. The chapters go into deeper detail about how deep fakes, fake news, and mis- and dis-information have the potential of negatively affecting the fields of teaching and learning and the importance of student access to content-related tasks from legitimate, vetted resources that accurately reflect the desired information the student means to convey. The book seeks to reinforce the importance of digital literacy and digital citizenship among adolescents. This book is essential for teaching faculty, higher education faculty, higher education administrators, educational software developers, security specialists, information specialists, media specialists, librarians, educational researchers, and students looking for information on how deep fakes and fake news are being navigated within the context of online teaching and educational technologies.

Author : Rebecca J. Blankenship
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Critical thinking
ISBN : 1799897141

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Deep Fakes, Fake News, and Misinformation in Online Teaching and Learning Technologies by Rebecca J. Blankenship Pdf

"This book discusses how educators and educational professionals are now tasked with employing best practices to not only teach basic digital literacy and citizenship skills but also recognize how technology immersed learning environments interact with deep fakes while equipping students with the tools necessary to recognize authentic and altered content"--

Author : H. James Garrett,Ashley N. Woodson,LaGarrett J. King,Esther Kim,Ellen Middaugh,Sarah McGrew,Joel Breakstone,Teresa Ortega,Mark Smith,Sam Wineburg ,Avner Segall,Margaret Smith Crocco,Anne-Lise Halvorsen,Rebecca Jacobsen,Erica Hodgin,Joseph Kahne,Christopher H. Clark,Jennifer Hauver
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807761144

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Unpacking Fake News by H. James Garrett,Ashley N. Woodson,LaGarrett J. King,Esther Kim,Ellen Middaugh,Sarah McGrew,Joel Breakstone,Teresa Ortega,Mark Smith,Sam Wineburg ,Avner Segall,Margaret Smith Crocco,Anne-Lise Halvorsen,Rebecca Jacobsen,Erica Hodgin,Joseph Kahne,Christopher H. Clark,Jennifer Hauver Pdf

Since the 2016 presidential election, the term fake news has become part of the national discourse. In this book, leading civic education scholars unpack why fake news is effective and show K-12 educators how they can teach their students to be critical consumers of the political media they encounter.

Author : Ireton, Cherilyn,Posetti, Julie
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Fake news
ISBN : 9789231002816

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Journalism, fake news & disinformation by Ireton, Cherilyn,Posetti, Julie Pdf

Author : Max van Duijn,Mike Preuss,Viktoria Spaiser,Frank Takes,Suzan Verberne
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030618414

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Disinformation in Open Online Media by Max van Duijn,Mike Preuss,Viktoria Spaiser,Frank Takes,Suzan Verberne Pdf

Chapters “Identifying Political Sentiments on YouTube: A Systematic Comparison regarding the Accuracy of Recurrent Neural Network and Machine Learning Models”, “Do Online Trolling Strategies Differ in Political and Interest Forums: Early Results” and “Students Assessing Digital News and Misinformation” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Jennifer LaGarde,Darren Hudgins
Publisher : International Society for Technology in Education
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781564847027

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Fact vs. Fiction by Jennifer LaGarde,Darren Hudgins Pdf

Help students discern fact from fiction in the information they access not only at school but in the devices they carry in their pockets and backpacks. The advent of the 24-hour news cycle, citizen journalism and an increased reliance on social media as a trusted news source have had a profound effect not only on how we get our news, but also on how we evaluate sources of information, share that information and interact with others in online communities. When these issues are coupled with the “fake news” industry that intentionally spreads false stories designed to go viral, educators are left facing a new and challenging landscape. This book will help them address these new realities, providing strategies and support to help students develop the skills needed to effectively evaluate information they encounter online. The book includes: • Instructional strategies for combating fake news, including models for evaluating news stories with links to resources on how to include lessons on fake news in your curricula. • Examples from prominent educators who demonstrate how to tackle fake news with students and colleagues. • A fake news self-assessment with a digital component to help readers evaluate their skills in detecting and managing fake news. • A downloadable infographic with mobile media literacy tips. The companion jump start guide based on this book is Fighting Fake News: Tools and Strategies for Teaching Media Literacy.

Author : Nolan Higdon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520975842

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The Anatomy of Fake News by Nolan Higdon Pdf

Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, concerns about fake news have fostered calls for government regulation and industry intervention to mitigate the influence of false content. These proposals are hindered by a lack of consensus concerning the definition of fake news or its origins. Media scholar Nolan Higdon contends that expanded access to critical media literacy education, grounded in a comprehensive history of fake news, is a more promising solution to these issues. The Anatomy of Fake News offers the first historical examination of fake news that takes as its goal the effective teaching of critical news literacy in the United States. Higdon employs a critical-historical media ecosystems approach to identify the producers, themes, purposes, and influences of fake news. The findings are then incorporated into an invaluable fake news detection kit. This much-needed resource provides a rich history and a promising set of pedagogical strategies for mitigating the pernicious influence of fake news.

Author : Rainer Greifeneder,Mariela Jaffe,Eryn Newman,Norbert Schwarz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000179057

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The Psychology of Fake News by Rainer Greifeneder,Mariela Jaffe,Eryn Newman,Norbert Schwarz Pdf

This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, health communication, journalism, education, and science. In a general climate where facts and misinformation blur, and are intentionally blurred, this book asks what determines whether people accept and share (mis)information, and what can be done to counter misinformation? All three of these aspects need to be understood in the context of online social networks, which have fundamentally changed the way information is produced, consumed, and transmitted. The contributions within this volume summarize the most up-to-date empirical findings, theories, and applications and discuss cutting-edge ideas and future directions of interventions to counter fake news. Also providing guidance on how to handle misinformation in an age of “alternative facts”, this is a fascinating and vital reading for students and academics in psychology, communication, and political science and for professionals including policy makers and journalists.

Author : Belén Puebla-Martínez,Jorge Gallardo-Camacho,Carmen Marta-Lazo,Luis Miguel Romero-Rodríguez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3036525157

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Research, Literacy, and Communication Education: New Challenges Facing Disinformation by Belén Puebla-Martínez,Jorge Gallardo-Camacho,Carmen Marta-Lazo,Luis Miguel Romero-Rodríguez Pdf

The information that comes through digital media and social networks is increasing. This potential access to almost infinite information makes it difficult to select relevant content with a good understanding. It is therefore necessary to generate research that thoroughly analyses the phenomenon of communication and information in the digital age. For this reason, this monograph presents different research studies that highlight the need for greater media literacy and education in order to prevent the existence and dissemination of fake news. Citizens must know how to deal with disinformation and be able to detect the source of bad intentions behind information. Therefore, people need to be aware of the new communication challenges in order to determine what is important, which media they can trust, and where information has been misused or manipulated. In conclusion, society must be prepared to face new challenges related to misinformation. An educated and digitally literate society will be able to face these problems and be prepared to face the new communication challenges, including interaction with social networks, new audiences, new media, fake news, etc.

Author : Dalkir, Kimiz,Katz, Rebecca
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781799825456

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Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World by Dalkir, Kimiz,Katz, Rebecca Pdf

In the current day and age, objective facts have less influence on opinions and decisions than personal emotions and beliefs. Many individuals rely on their social networks to gather information thanks to social media’s ability to share information rapidly and over a much greater geographic range. However, this creates an overall false balance as people tend to seek out information that is compatible with their existing views and values. They deliberately seek out “facts” and data that specifically support their conclusions and classify any information that contradicts their beliefs as “false news.” Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Author : Lesley S. J. Farmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000281293

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Fake News in Context by Lesley S. J. Farmer Pdf

Fake News in Context defines fake news and sets it within a historical and international context. Helping readers to become more skilled at detecting misinformation, the book also demonstrates how such knowledge can be leveraged to facilitate more effective engagement in civic education. Distinguishing between fake news and other forms of misinformation, the book explains the complete communication cycle of fake news: how and why it is created, disseminated and accessed. The book then explains the physical and psychological reasons why people believe fake news. Providing generic methods for identifying fake news, Farmer also explains the use of fact- checking tools and automated algorithms. The book then details how various literacies, including news, media, visual, information, digital and data, offer unique concepts and skills that can help interpret fake news. Arguing that individuals and groups can respond and counter fake news, which leads to civic engagement and digital citizenship, the book concludes by providing strategies for instruction and tips for collaborating with librarians. Including a range of international examples, Fake News in Context will be of interest to teaching faculty, and students of library and information science, communication studies, media studies, politics and journalism. Librarians and information professionals will also find a valuable resource in this book.

Author : Denise E. Agosto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216102564

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Information Literacy and Libraries in the Age of Fake News by Denise E. Agosto Pdf

Going beyond the fake news problem, this book tackles the broader issue of teaching library users of all types how to become more critical consumers and sharers of information. As a public, school, or academic librarian or educator, you can help library users to become more conscious and responsible consumers of information. As you read, you'll gain a better understanding and appreciation of the core concepts involved in promoting critical information literacy, such as information ethics, media literacy, and civic education. You'll also learn the history of fake news and come away with practical ideas in mind for strategies to apply in your library. Chapters contributed by leading experts in public, academic, and school library services are written in plain, everyday language that librarians and library school students can easily understand and relate to their own experiences as information users, especially their experiences in social media and other online venues where sharing false information takes only a click.

Author : Nicole A. Cooke
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838916360

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Fake News and Alternative Facts by Nicole A. Cooke Pdf

Talk of so-called fake news, what it is and what it isn’t, is front and center across the media landscape, with new calls for the public to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and become more information savvy. But none of this is new for librarians and information professionals, particularly for those who teach information literacy. Cooke, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker, believes that the current situation represents a golden opportunity for librarians to impart these important skills to patrons, regardless of their age or experience. In this Special Report, she demonstrates how. Readers will learn more about the rise of fake news, particularly those information behaviors that have perpetuated its spread;discover techniques to identify fake news, especially online; andexplore methods to help library patrons of all ages think critically about information, teaching them ways to separate fact from fiction. Information literacy is a key skill for all news consumers, and this Special Report shows how librarians can make a difference by helping patrons identify misinformation.

Author : Carl T. Bergstrom,Jevin D. West
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525509202

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Calling Bullshit by Carl T. Bergstrom,Jevin D. West Pdf

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival guide to the mean streets of a dying democracy and a global pandemic.”—Wired Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it’s increasingly difficult to know what’s true. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don’t feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data. You don’t need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming your personal bias? Drawing on a deep well of expertise in statistics and computational biology, Bergstrom and West exuberantly unpack examples of selection bias and muddled data visualization, distinguish between correlation and causation, and examine the susceptibility of science to modern bullshit. We have always needed people who call bullshit when necessary, whether within a circle of friends, a community of scholars, or the citizenry of a nation. Now that bullshit has evolved, we need to relearn the art of skepticism.