How to Spot Fake News:
Tips on critically evaluating information & News sources
BY
Peter.Reilly@ul.ie
Fake News
What is it?
How to identify
Why it’s
dangerous
Impact of
Artificial
Intelligence
Importance of
Fact
Checking
Critically
Evaluating
Sources
Identify its
various forms
Recognize
potential danger
to Democracy
Aware of AI’s
role in
producing Deep
Fake Videos
Advocate Fact
Checking as
effective remedy
Critically
Evaluate
Information
Learning Outcomes
Various forms of Fake
News
Propaganda
Counter
Facts
Satire
Lies
Click
Bait
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In the Info War
Against
Fake News !
“Fact Checking”
Is the best
Way To
Defeat it
Fake News
Fact Checking
Useful Fact Checking Websites
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Trump Supporters Attack US Congress 6th
January 2021
Fake News is Dangerous to Democracy
Falsely Believed – US Presidential Election was Stolen
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/swarms-of-trump-supporters-storm-us-capi-idUSRTX8KJS9
TED Talk – Deep Fake Videos of Real People
How to Create Them
SMELL
Source
Motivation
Evidence
Logic
Left Out
Use S.M.E.L.L to Detect Fake News
Strategies for
Critically Evaluating
Information
CRAAP
Test
SMELL
CRAAP
TEST
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Apply CRAAP Test
https://library.csuchico.edu/sites/default/files/craap-test.pdf
CONSIDER
Author/s
Infographic
On Assessing
Sources
https://library.wcupa.edu/c.php?g=1083914&p=7
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Fake News
What is it?
How to identify
Why it’s
dangerous
Impact of
Artificial
Intelligence
Importance of
Fact
Checking
Critically
Evaluating
Sources
A Quick Recap of Session
Thank you
ul.ie

How to spot Fake News September 2021.pptx