"Seeing [...] misinformation instead as violations of norms about how evidence is to be presented and contextualized both allows us to tap into a more normative realm that fuzzy talk about “misleading narratives” as well as more precisely show the ways in which bad faith is being applied."
Here's @mikecaulfield on how we can be more precise than "lacks context"
https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/why-those-biden-confused-videos-are
#Teaching Students How to Use #Wikipedia as a Tool for Research
Wikipedia has moved far beyond its initial limitations, and is a helpful—and reputable—source for conducting research.
Excerpt from Verified by @mikecaulfield and Sam Wineburg
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-wikipedia-for-research
My @uwcip colleague @mikecaulfield has a new blog post examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa, where allegations shared on X point to a "conflict of interest" in vote counting but no wrongdoing is described.
As Mike writes: "As is often the case, the real question with election rumor is not whether the offered evidence is 'real,' but whether when the full facts are known it can be said to support the claim for which it is advanced."
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/01/14/iowa-caucus-election-conspiracy-theory/
With seven accounts racking up a cumulative 1.6 billion tweet views over three days of posts, our analysis points to a new crisis twitter that is faster, more disorienting, and potentially more sha…
As A.W. Ohlheiser recently wrote in @Vox, the SIFT method, developed by digital literacy expert and CIP research scientist @mikecaulfield, "is a good framework for learning how to evaluate emotionally charged or outrage-inducing online posts in the middle of an unfolding crisis."
Read more in Vox: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/10/12/23913472/misinformation-israel-hamas-war-social-media-literacy-palestine
Learn more about SIFT: https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/
“There’s just a lot of stuff out there to misrepresent when it comes to wars, whether it’s footage of this conflict, of previous conflicts, or for that matter video game conflicts,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in a @Poynter interview. “Wars are densely documented things, which means if you are looking for media to misrepresent there’s plenty of choices.” https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/israel-hamas-war-artificial-intelligence-misinformation-fake-images/
Great Google search #MediaLit #SIFT tip tonight from @mikecaulfield: Click on the "three dots" next to a Google search result to view more information about the source! via #uwcip webinar tonight!
A reminder that Musk is using Twitter to massively amplify right-wing lies and extremism: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-jan-6-denial-twitter_n_64074f7ce4b018d7c56cd6a2
Also a reminder that Big Journalism refuses to understand why it is unconscionable to be supporting Musk's company.
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