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After studying the assigned readings for Week 3, especially Modules 4 & 5 in the UNESCO handbook, build your media forensics skills by completing this quiz https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/04/technology/facebook-influence-campaigns-quiz.html
When you finish your quiz, ponder what your results say about your media forensics skills. Then, write a 1-2 page (250-500 words) paper that summarizes what you learned about media forensics, that is, the need for media literacy skills in a media-saturated world, as follows:
Introduction
Tell your readers which quiz you took, the kinds of media messages you assessed, the analytical strategies you used from the course readings to try and identify disinformation, misinformation, or mal-information, and how well you did.
Analysis
Connect what you learned about your media forensics skills to the need to be media literate by addressing this question
Imagine you have a platform to address a wide audience about the dangers of fake news. What message would you convey to encourage responsible consumption and sharing of information?
Requirements:
A thoughtful, thorough 1-2 page (about 250-500 words), double-spaced, essay in 12-point, Times Roman or similar serif font, with all the basic components for a beginning, middle, and end.
The first paragraph should include a thesis that introduces your main idea about the conclusions on the question posed to you in the assignment prompt. What is the point you intend to make in your answer?
The middle paragraphs should provide information, examples, and details to support your main idea or position. This is where you should show use because statements and detail what you know or think about the topic.
The final paragraph should sum up your main idea or position on the topic.
Support your comments with relevant information that you researched in the course’s learning resources.
Use APA-style in-text citations to cite the sources of the information that you used in assembling ideas for your argument.
Create a matching APA reference list at the end of the document.
use some of the following for refrences.
Do you know what circular reporting, critical consuming, critical ignoring, confirmation bias, filter bubbles, motivated reasoning, and unconscious bias are? They’re all ways we create or deal with information that does or does not align with our knowledge about the world. What about pink slime, deep fakes vs. cheap fakes, Liar’s Dividend, and Zombie claims? To reinforce your ability to apply the critical thinking skills you will need to recognize and contend with disinformation, misinformation, and mal-information in your jobs, you are encouraged to supplement your work this week with some of the following resources:
Dias, N. (2017, July 13). How to monitor social media for misinformation. Global Investigative Journalism Network. https://gijn.org/2017/07/31/how-to-monitor-social-media-for-misinformation
Daley, B. (2023, February 2). When critical thinking isn’t enough: To beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring.’ The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/when-critical-thinking-isnt-enough-to-beat-information-overload-we-need-to-learn-critical-ignoring-198549
Kozyreva, A., Wineburg, S., Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (2022, November 8). Critical ignoring as a core competence for digital citizens. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221121570
Mahadevan, A. (2023, March 27). Stopping misinformation in its tracks [Webinar]. National Press Foundation. https://nationalpress.org/topic/online-misinformation-poynter-alex-mahadevan
O’Brien, D., Parsons, O., & Redd, C. (Writers) & Pennolino, P. (Director). (2023). Artificial intelligence [Television series episode]. In J. Oliver (Executive Producer), Last week tonight. HBO. https://youtu.be/Sqa8Zo2XWc4
Posetti, J. & Matthews, A. (2018). A short guide to the history of ‘fake news’ and disinformation. International Center for Journalists. https://www.icfj.org/news/short-guide-history-fake-news-and-disinformation-new-icfj-learning-module
Poynter (2018). How to fact-check a politician’s claim in 10 steps. https://factcheckingday.com/articles/5/how-to-fact-check-a-politicians-claim-in-10-steps.
Spencer, J. (2016, December 7). The five C’s of critical consuming. [Video]. YouTube.https://youtu.be/xf8mjbVRqao
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