1. Tip & Strategies for Evaluating Fake News
Keepin’ It Real
Tip & Strategies
for Evaluating Fake News
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2. Presenters: Aisha Conner-Gaten, she/her/hers
Instructional Design Librarian
Jennifer Masunaga
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet
Reference & Instruction Librarian for Theology
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3. Lesson Outline
Inauguration LMU: concurrent sessions across campus
Plan for the day
Post-it exercise: Why are you here today? Do you think that fake news impacted the election?
Fake News Scenario #1 - Think/Pair/Share with Donald Trump tweet & Uncle Bob
Mini-Lecture on challenges for evaluating news including authenticity, bias, speed vs. accuracy, etc.
Fake News Activity #2 - Reflection on information sources, mapping Reliability & Outlet type
Tools & Strategies for information networks (Flip Your Feed, Allsides, BS Detector, etc.)
Assessment: Google Quiz
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4. JENN: http://academics.lmu.edu/teachin/breakoutsessions/
Students completing Activity 2 during Fake News Workshop at LMU.
Lmulibrary. (2017, January 21). Students are debating the reliability of various media outlets like Occupy Democrats, The Blaze, and Buzzfeed. [Instagram post]. Retrieved from
JENN:
Example of comic assignment for Communication Studies course including Fake News Workshop content.
Harai, C.O. (2017). "2017 Inauguration". Communication Studies Student Works. 25.

5. Making Connections: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Knowledge practices:
"recognize that authoritative content may be packaged formally or informally and may include sources of all media types"
"acknowledge they are developing their own authoritative voices in a particular area and recognize the responsibilities this entails, including seeking accuracy and reliability, respecting intellectual property, and participating in communities of practice”
"understand the increasingly social nature of the information ecosystem where authorities actively connect with one another and sources develop over time"
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6. Making Connections: Social Justice & CritLib
Knowledge practices (via Hinchcliffe & Saunders):
"Analyze how information– both in its absence and its presence, in how it is created, arranged, accessed, etc.– informs opinions and beliefs about the people, ideas, or situations it represents or reflects”
"Examine the ways that information can be used to persuade, promote, misinform, or coerce"
Adapted from:
Hinchliffe, L. & Saunders, L. (2015, November). Framing new frames: Expanding the conceptual space and boundaries. Slides presented at the LOEX Fall Focus conference, Ypsilanti, MI. Retrieved from
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7. Activity Time!
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8. Where do you get your news?
Pick one of your favorite/most used information sources
e.g. Buzzfeed, Breitbart, etc.
Situate it on the blank media chart on your handout.
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9. Thank You!
Questions?