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Fake or True? Evaluating Sources: Visual Information
How do you know what's "fake" or reliable information? Take some tips from this guide to help you decide.
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Media Manipulation
SEEING ISN'T BELIEVING: the fact checker's guide to manipulated video
The Washington Post's guide "intended to help all of us navigate this new information landscape and start a necessary conversation." - 2019
AROUND THE WORLD IN 19 VIDEO FACT CHECKS
by Daniel Funke, January 8, 2018
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Daniel Funke covers fact-checking, online misinformation and fake news for the International Fact-Checking Network at The Poynter Institute.
BREAK YOUR OWN NEWS
Create your own image that looks legit.
GOING VIRAL: LOSING CONTROL and YOUR JOB by Esther Honig
Reporter Esther Honig's "Before & After" Photoshop inquiry and ensuing events
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Pelican Bomb, October 22, 2015
GOOGLE REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH
Drag an image to the search box
HOW TO SPOT A FAKE TIME COVER
Time, D.W. Pine, Jun 28, 2017
TINEYE: REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH
Upload images files to find source on web
TOP TEN DOCTORED PHOTOS
How Can I Trust What I See?
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VISUAL LITERACY
Educause Learning Initiative, 2015
INFORMATION LITERACY: HOW DO A PHOTOGRAPHER'S INTENTION AND CONTEXT SHAPE THE PHOTOGRAPH?
Library of Congress blog post
May 16, 2017 by Cheryl Lederle
QUESTIONS TO ASK
UCI Libraries, University of California Irvine, 2015
What Do Studies Show?
CAN PEOPLE IDENTIFY ORIGINAL AND MANIPULATED PHOTOS OF REAL-WORLD SCENES?
by Sophie J. Nightingale, Kimberley A. Wade and Derrick G. Watson
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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications20172:30
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-017-0067-2
© The Author(s) 2017
Received: 20 December 2016
Accepted: 12 June 2017
Published: 18 July 2017
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