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How to Evaluate Information Found Online
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Mike Caulfield, developer of SIFT, explains the importance of knowing how to verify information online.
Mike Caulfield, developer of SIFT, explains the importance of knowing how to verify information online.
STOP
STOP
Check your emotions
Practice click restraint
Do you recognize this source?
INVESTIGATE the source
INVESTIGATE the source
What is the source's expertise, agenda?
Use lateral reading skills to determine this
Use the "Wikipedia trick"
FIND trusted Coverage
FIND trusted Coverage
Do some lateral reading
Compare information across different sources
Is there a consensus?
TRACE claims, quotes, and media back to the original context.
TRACE claims, quotes, and media back to the original context.
What's the original context?
Find the original story
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From Mike Caulfield's SIFT (Four Moves) with modifications, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.