Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com @brianhousand

1. FAKE NEWS
FIGHTING
Teaching Critical Thinking In A Post-Truth World
Dr. Brian Housand
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand

2. Brian Housand
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand

3. SLIDES AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION

4. May you live in interesting
times.
May you live in
interesting times.

5. Well, How Did We Get Here?

12. SPOILERS!

15. Same as it ever was

17. 2006

18. 2006

19. 2006

20. 2006

21. 2006

22. 2006

23. reliable

25. WOEFULLY
UNPREPARED

27. 62%

29. 44%of tweens and teens feel they can
tell fake news from real news.

30. 31%shared a story in the last 6 months
that turned out to be wrong.

31. FALL
2017

32. 4CHALLENGES
of FAKE NEWS

34. SPEED VS.
ACCURACY

39. FAKE

43. FAKE

49. INFORMATION
OVERLOAD

50. “With great power there must
also come — great responsibility”

52. SPIDER-MAN
Spidey Sense
Great Responsibility

53. Every man
should have
a built-in
automatic
crap detector
operating
inside
him.
Every man
should have
a built-in
automatic
crap detector
operating
inside
him.

54. CRAAP
TEST

55. CURRENCY
The timeliness
of the information

56. RELEVANCE
The importance of the
information for your needs

57. AUTHORITY
The source of the
information

58. ACCURACY
The reliability, truthfulness
and correctness

59. PURPOSE
The reason the
information exists

60. CURRENCY
RELEVANCE
AUTHORITY
ACCURACY
PURPOSE

62. CRISIS OF
AUTHENTICITY

66. bluff the listener game

68. 1. Find two news stories or websites that are at least
some what plausible but are false.
2. Locate one news story or website that seems
unlikely but is factual.
3. Create a Google Document or Slides presentation
that contains the three stories.
4. Share your one link with the group.
5. BONUS POINTS if the three stories are related or
focused on one topic.

69. “Don’t believe
everything you
read on the
internet just
because there’s a
quote and a
picture next to it.”

70. #OutsideOfTheSilo
OVERCOMING OUR OWN BIAS

73. skeptic

74. allsides.com

75. skypeascientist.com

77. usafacts.org

78. beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

79. beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

80. beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

81. beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

82. beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

83. COMMON
SENSE

84. USE MULTIPLE RESOURCES

85. CONSIDER THE SOURCE
Click away from the story to investigate
the site, its mission and its contact info.
READ BEYOND
Headlines can be outrageous in an effort
to get clicks. What’s the whole story?
CHECK THE AUTHOR
Do a quick search on the author. Are
they credible? Are they real?
SUPPORTING SOURCES?
Click on those links. Determine if the
info given actually supports the story.
CHECK THE DATE
Reposting old news stories doesn’t
mean they’re relevant to current events.
IS IT A JOKE?
If it is too outlandish, it might be satire.
Research the site and author to be sure.
CHECK YOUR BIASES
Consider if your own beliefs could
affect your judgement.
ASK THE EXPERTS
Ask a librarian, or consult a
fact-checking site.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
With thanks to www.FactCheck.org

88. >
THE INTERNET IS AN
INFINITELY
POWERFUL PEN.

89. May you live in interesting
times.
May you live in
interesting times.

92. Who controls the past
controls the future.
Who controls the present
controls the past.

94. If the next
trend could be
THINKING that
would be great.

95. PEOPLE
HAVE THE
POWER

96. FAKE NEWS
FIGHTING
Teaching Critical Thinking In A Post-Truth World
Dr. Brian Housand
brianhousand.com/fakenews
@brianhousand