Fake news emerged as an issue in the 2016 U. S. presidential election. Here are some resources to learn more about this issue and evaluated news sources. This LibGuide was created by Ilene Frank at Hillsborough Community College.
Dewey, C. (2016, November 17). Facebook face-news writer: 'I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me.' The Washington Post. [One of many articles about Paul Horner, a comedian who makes money by posting fake news on Facebook. Where does the money come from?? Ads!]
Domonoske, C. (2016, November 23). Students have a dismaying inability to tell fake news from real, study finds. NPR.org
Downes, S. (2016, November 21). Post truth and fake news [Blog post]. [Stephen Downes is an Canadian educator.In 1995 he put out a website on logical fallacies that is archived in various places on the Web. See http://www.fallacies.ca/ (I hope he is being facetious about taking down satirical sites like The Onion.) ]
Drobnic Holan, A. (2016, December 13). Politifact lie of the year: Fake news. Politifact.
Gershon, L. (2016, November 16). Ninteenth-century clickbait. JSTOR Daily. [Fake and/or misleading information is not necessarily a new phenomenon.]
Maheshwair, S. (2016, November 11). How fake news goes viral: A case study. New York Times.
McCoy, T. (2016, November 20). For the 'new yellow journalists,' opportunity comes in clicks and bucks. The Washington Post. [“LibertyWritersNews illustrates how websites can use Facebook to tap into a surging ideology, quickly go from nothing to influencing millions of people and make big profits in the process.”]
Reader, R. (2016, November 18). How we got to post-truth. Fast Company. [A “long read” about the problem of fake news passed around during the 2016 presidential election.]
Shane, S. (2017, January 18). From headline to photograph, a fake news masterpiece. New York Times
Siddiqui, F., & Svrluga, S. (2016, December 4). N.C. man told D. C. pollice he went to D.C. pizzeria with gun to investigate conspiracy theory. The Washington Post. [Comet Ping Pong, Pizzagate]
Tiffany, K. (2016, November 16). In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play. The Verge
Wardle, C. (2016, November 18). 6 types of misinformation circulated this election season. Columbia Journalism Review.
Woolf, C. (2016, November 16). Kids in Macedonia made up and circulated many false news stories in the US election. PRI's The World. [Why did kids in Macedonia make up false news stories? Money! Where does the money come from? Ads!]
"In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong."
"Don't trust anonymous sources."
"Compare multiple sources."
See Breaking News Consumer's Handbook and the Evaluating Sources tab for more