Tag: Fake news
Should we worry that half of Americans trust their gut to...
R. Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the facts? Most people...
How a journalism class is teaching middle schoolers to fight fake...
Ed Madison, University of Oregon
Research last year out of Stanford University revealed that students – from middle schoolers to undergraduates – are easily duped...
What the Leo Frank case tells us about the dangers of...
Ingrid Anderson, Boston University
On Tuesday, April 11 – the first day of the Jewish holiday of Passover – White House Press Secretary...
Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we fall...
Petra S. McGillen, Dartmouth College
Donald Trump appears to have a straightforward definition of fake news: Stories that are critical of him or...
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University
Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this...
Is Google’s eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?
Thomas Maher, University of Arizona
When people have questions, they often ask Google. They expect high-quality, accurate answers. Late last year, it emerged that the...
The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news
Donald A. Barclay, University of California, Merced
Imagine, for a moment, the technology of 2017 had existed on Jan. 11, 1964 – the day Luther...
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital...
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New York
The circulation of fake news through social...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
