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Media & News Literacy

Evaluating Video Sources

Seeing Isn't Believing - The Fact Checker's Guide to Manipulated Video
From The Washington Post

Evaluating Charts & Graphs

The complete lesson is available from TED-Ex.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words ... Or Is It?

You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die
Overview from The Guardian, 12 Nov. 2017
Digital Forensics: 5 Ways to Spot a Fake Photo
Scientific American, 2 Jun. 2008
Fauxtography
Fact-checking fake viral images, from Snopes.com
Google Images Can Help You Spot Fake News
Lifehacker.com, 22 Nov. 2016
A Quick Guide to Spotting Graphics That Lie
Tricks that make charts and graphs misleading. National Geographic, 19 Jun. 2015
76 Viral Images from 2015 That Were Totally Fake
Gizmodo.com, 14 Dec. 2015
Use of generic photos can be dangerous for illustrating news stories
Poynter.com, 7 Feb. 2013

Visual Journalism

When the Designer Shows Up in the Design
ProPublica, 4 April 2017

Last Updated: Sep 17, 2021 11:48 AM
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Subjects: Communication, Journalism, News & Current Events