InfoLit for U MOOC-Social Sciences-Section 3

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The resources of this series are designed to help you to understand the impact of fake news; to apply basic criteria to evaluate fake news; and to select best tools to do fact check and image check.

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  • Video 
    ["How to use Google reverse image search to fact check images"]

    How to use Google reverse image search to fact check images

    A quick demo of how Google's reverse image search tool can be used to fact check and research images. Have you ever wondered about the source or history behind an image? Google image search can help provide answers. Whether you're doing research or just curious, reverse image search offers a digital paper trail of where an image has appeared on the internet. All you need to do is drag and drop an image into the images.google.com search bar, paste a url into the search bar, or right click on an image when using the Chrome browser.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Google (Firm) Internet searching Information literacy
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    ["How to choose your news - Damon Brown"]

    How to choose your news - Damon Brown

    How do we choose which news to consume? Get the scoop on how opinions and facts affect the news and how to tell them apart. With the advent of the Internet and social media, news is distributed at an incredible rate by an unprecedented number of different media outlets. How do we choose which news to consume? Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Media literacy Social media Fake news
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    ["The rise of 'fake news', manipulation and 'alternative facts'"]

    The rise of 'fake news', manipulation and 'alternative facts'

    How do we discern what is true and what is ‘fake news’ in the fast-paced age of social media and technology? Our technology editor David Grossman reports.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Digital media -- Moral ethical aspects Media literacy Social media Journalism -- Social aspects Fake news
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    ["FCC President Eric Wishart talks to TDM News, Macau"]

    FCC President Eric Wishart talks to TDM News, Macau

    In this video, FCCHK President gives his views on the spread of fake news and how news and social media organisations can combat it

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Media literacy Social media Fake news Information literacy Disinformation
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    ["How to spot fake news"]

    How to spot fake news

    In this video, the team meets again, after analyzing and evaluating their search results from academic articles and news sources. They found they need to be careful in avoiding using fake news into their work. Fake news is not a new phenomenon, but with the rise of social media like Facebook and Twitter and the extensive use of messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat, we are faced with growing cases of FAKE news.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Information resources -- Evaluation Social sciences -- Research Fake news Internet research
    Resource Type:
    Video