Tag: Fake news
Prepare your social media for the election − 3 tips to...
Chelsea Butkowski, American University School of Communication
As the presidential election approaches, the race is ramping up – including...
Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends –...
How can you tell if something is true? Here are 3...
Bob Britten, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
It’s not just a social media problem – how search engines...
Chirag Shah, University of Washington
Search engines are one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they...
Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health
Dustin Carnahan, Michigan State University
From Ronald Reagan in 1984 to Bob Dole in 1996 and even Hillary Clinton in 2016, candidate health has become...
Out-of-context photos are a powerful low-tech form of misinformation
Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University
When you think of visual misinformation, maybe you think of deepfakes – videos that appear real but have actually been created...
Deepfakes: five ways in which they are brilliant business opportunities
Linda W Lee, Nottingham Trent University; Jan Kietzmann, University of Victoria, and Tim C Kietzmann, Radboud University
A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St...
Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy
Seth Ashley, Boise State University
When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book,...