Authenticity
What is reverse image search?
Investigating publisher's reputation, checking author credentials, and verifying claims across many reputable outlets.
What is vetting news sources?
What is data?
Check if other users have added other context through Meta's _____.
What are community notes?
Ad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, false dilemma, and bagwagon
What are the five logical fallacies?
Fact checking technique used to evaluate online credibility.
What is lateral reading?
Independent, fact based reporting that acts as a watchdog of power.
What is quality journalism?
Collections of internet content such as websites, pages, and digital documents.
What are web archives?
Finding an original post to avoid misinformation caused by editing or reposting.
What is tracing/tracking (to) the source?
Reviewing the author's previous posts to see if they post about said topic frequently.
What is checking user's behavior?
Looking for a real name, complete biography, and profile picture consistency. (Inauthentic profiles tend to use stolen photos.)
What is profile auditing?
Look for signatures, usernames, or anything pertaining to or belonging to someone.
What are watermarks?
Transforming raw numbers into actionable insights by defining clear objectives, cleaning the data, and analyzing trends.
What is making sense of data?
Reading through the comments of a post to see if people have provided corrections or missing information.
What is checking comments or engagement on a post?
Skeptical of (usually negative) posts that have high emotion, missing context, or no verifiable sources.
What are red flags?