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COMMON SENSE TESTS
COMMON SENSE TESTS
Questions you ask yourself at first glance
- Does any of the language have poor grammar, spelling or punctuation?
- Do any of the sources or websites mentioned look familiar?
- What's stronger in the content? A message, or what appear to be facts?
- Does the content appear neutral, or is there an obvious bias in any way?
EYEBALL TESTS
EYEBALL TESTS
Qualities of the media itself, particularly video
- Do the eyes behave normally? Is there erratic blinking?
- Are the clips shorter than you think they should be?
- Is there any sound?
- Are there bad lip-synch errors?
- Are there errors if you playback the video in slow-motion?
- Does the video flicker?
Some of these tests can show signs of manipulation using established techniques. However, many of these techniques will be enhanced by Machine Learning and AI, and so we may require AI & ML tools to help detect more subtle manipulations. But for now, you can still trust your own eyeballs, if you know what to look for!
There are things you can easily do now, to help spot fake news.
Trust your critical instincts!
PLAY THE GAME!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20180305143328629
EDUCATION - THE BBC
EDUCATION - THE BBC
BBC Academy & BBC Young Reporter are helping deliver a new initiative to support young people in identifying real news and filtering out fake or false information.
The BBC is working with secondary schools and sixth forms across the UK providing mentoring from BBC journalists and access to;
- Free online materials
- Classroom activities
- Video tutorials
- Interactive game.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20171129085219249
https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/collections/youngreporter#real-news
EDUCATION - CHILDREN
EDUCATION - CHILDREN
Text below taken from: https://literacytrust.org.uk/
Why is it important to talk about the news with your child?
Fake news can affect children’s well-being and anxiety levels, and cause confusion and mistrust. 1 in 5 children and young people believe everything they read online is true (Ofcom, 2016) and only 2% were able to identify all news stories correctly as either real or fake in a survey (National Literacy Trust, 2018). By talking to your child about the news, you will help them learn to question it and work out for themselves if they trust it.
Children are most likely to talk about the news with their family, than with anyone else.
The Literacy Trust suggests the simple steps opposite to help you with these conversations ->
Education - ADULTS TOO!
Education - ADULTS TOO!
Whilst tackling and increasing media literacy and critical thinking in the young remains crucial, we also need to think about adults!
Social media and silo'd communication apps (such as Whatsapp) mean that there are more potential platforms or "sources" for us all to receive what appear to be News stories from.
Tackling media literacy in adults maybe the bigger challenge, as habits and behaviours are harder to change once established.
USEFUL LINKS
- BBC Resources
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngreporter
- https://www.facebook.com/bbcmediaactionSL/videos/1900109926687699/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20180313125234328
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20180612090546267
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20171129085219249
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/collections/youngreporter#real-news
- Resources
- https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research
- https://data.gov.uk/dataset/eb03f40c-901c-4901-b723-507242e3fca0/children-s-media-literacy-report
- https://academy.news.co.uk/the-times-and-the-sunday-times-media-literacy-programme/
- https://pressgazette.co.uk/what-is-fake-news/
- https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/fake-news-and-critical-literacy-resources/
- https://literacytrust.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-group-literacy/fakenews/
- https://www.childnet.com/blog/half-of-uk-children-are-worried-about-being-able-to-spot-fake-news
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