This episode first aired before the 2018 mid-term elections. There is so much in this episode that is so relevant to the same arguments that we are having over sharing articles on facebook, spreading lies through social media, and divisiveness. I enjoyed revisiting this conversation with Michael and hearing my growth as a podcaster in this episode!

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Sources

Articles/E-books (Media in general)

– Study about social media

– Fake news and Facebook

– Repetition Makes Us Believe Misinformation

– The Debunking Handbook

   Articles (Russian Interference)

         – A Russian Facebook page organized[source 1] a protest [source 2] in Texas

– A Timeline of the Russia Investigation and Donald Trump

          – Fake News for $$$

Websites

– First Draft – Uses research based methods to fight misinformation WHICH gets a

mention in How Real is Fake News below.

– Web Literacy online handbook

       – Online course: Calling Bullshit

Podcasts

– How Science Created Morons – how one of the worst ideas in science got a big push

from a bad study and intellectuals of the day lapped it up

Video

– Scientific Studies with John Oliver and a companion Vox article

– Circular Reporting as a cute cartoon

       – Ted Talk: How Real is Fake News?

– Ted Talk: Information Literacy

Quiz

      – How well can you tell fact from opinions?

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