This document discusses the challenges of fact-checking in today's fast-paced media environment where speed is valued alongside accuracy. It notes that while the standards of being true or false have not changed, new pressures from real-time reporting, social media, and constant updates have made the job of verifying information more complicated. Guidelines are presented for speedy yet responsible verification using tools to check people, places, and images. Case studies of fact-checking efforts around the Boston Marathon bombing and a celebrity pregnancy rumor are also examined.
This SIDLIT 2019 roundtable discussion focused on strategies for verifying and counteracting media bias, fake news, and the various forms of half-truths that are becoming ubiquitous in our national dialog. The discussion will include examples of media bias and alternative facts as well as positive steps that educators and technologists can take to encourage critical thinking as opposed to blind acceptance of news from the plethora of sources now available.
Pointers for verifying tips, facts and images gathered via social media; and case studies that demonstrate why this is important. By Craig Silverman and Mandy Jenkins for presentation at the Online News Association Conference. If the links don't work for you, they are listed separately at http://bit.ly/qlVJxD
Crisis Communications Online: Web and Social MediaJeffrey Levy
How EPA uses online tools to communicate during crises like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, and the Japanese nuclear incident after their huge earthquake.
This is a training that was conducted for the NWS offices. It includes the basics of Twitter, some tips and best practices for NWS offices to use on Twitter and finally a section on detecting fake tweets and fake pictures.
This SIDLIT 2019 roundtable discussion focused on strategies for verifying and counteracting media bias, fake news, and the various forms of half-truths that are becoming ubiquitous in our national dialog. The discussion will include examples of media bias and alternative facts as well as positive steps that educators and technologists can take to encourage critical thinking as opposed to blind acceptance of news from the plethora of sources now available.
Pointers for verifying tips, facts and images gathered via social media; and case studies that demonstrate why this is important. By Craig Silverman and Mandy Jenkins for presentation at the Online News Association Conference. If the links don't work for you, they are listed separately at http://bit.ly/qlVJxD
Crisis Communications Online: Web and Social MediaJeffrey Levy
How EPA uses online tools to communicate during crises like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, and the Japanese nuclear incident after their huge earthquake.
This is a training that was conducted for the NWS offices. It includes the basics of Twitter, some tips and best practices for NWS offices to use on Twitter and finally a section on detecting fake tweets and fake pictures.
There are some areas of the world in which the agricultural crops require assistance and cooling, especially
during hot days, in order
to prevent them from being subjected to unnecessary stress. In other areas, the color of fruit can be improved by cooling the trees
during the correct time period.
It is possible to extend the shelf life of some types of fruit by cooling them while they are still on the trees. And by using correct and
supervised cooling, we can increase the flower fruit set during periods of very hot weather. In other regions, we can aid and improve
the yield of fruit crops by cooling during the autumn and winter months, and then adding cold units to the same trees or cooling the
same crops at the end of the winter months in order to cause early blossoming.
In addition to employing cooling in open fields, an additional—perhaps primary—use of cooling is in various
types of greenhouses.
The principle of a greenhouse
is that the farmer can control its internal climate and thereby provide the plants with optimal growth
conditions. Therefore, a system that will have a cooling
effect on the internal temperature on hot days is almost indispensable for
every greenhouse.
Another use of a cooling system inside a greenhouse
is, perhaps surprisingly, in cold countries where the greenhouse is especially
built with few ventilation
openings to conserve internal heat. As a result of this design, on the few days that are very hot, there is
insufficient air flow to cool the interior. An efficient cooling system can solve the problem. Further, in these same cold countries, the
crops are usually
already inside the greenhouse by the first days of spring, but the heating system still needs to be operated
in order
to ensure the correct conditions. The windows must not be opened, and inside the building,
the relative humidity drops beneath the
desired levels. At this time, operating a suitable cooling system improves these crops.
What is possible to do to improve agricultural crops is also possible to do with livestock, including all types of poultry, cows, and pigs.
A suitable system can cool their micro-environment and improve production.
The different methods of cooling based on sprinkler-spraying products are as follows
Lee Aase June 2010 Social Media PresentationLee Aase
This is the presentation I've been giving for several health care-related groups during June. Due to different lengths of presentations, not all groups see all slides, but this is the overall deck.
There are some areas of the world in which the agricultural crops require assistance and cooling, especially
during hot days, in order
to prevent them from being subjected to unnecessary stress. In other areas, the color of fruit can be improved by cooling the trees
during the correct time period.
It is possible to extend the shelf life of some types of fruit by cooling them while they are still on the trees. And by using correct and
supervised cooling, we can increase the flower fruit set during periods of very hot weather. In other regions, we can aid and improve
the yield of fruit crops by cooling during the autumn and winter months, and then adding cold units to the same trees or cooling the
same crops at the end of the winter months in order to cause early blossoming.
In addition to employing cooling in open fields, an additional—perhaps primary—use of cooling is in various
types of greenhouses.
The principle of a greenhouse
is that the farmer can control its internal climate and thereby provide the plants with optimal growth
conditions. Therefore, a system that will have a cooling
effect on the internal temperature on hot days is almost indispensable for
every greenhouse.
Another use of a cooling system inside a greenhouse
is, perhaps surprisingly, in cold countries where the greenhouse is especially
built with few ventilation
openings to conserve internal heat. As a result of this design, on the few days that are very hot, there is
insufficient air flow to cool the interior. An efficient cooling system can solve the problem. Further, in these same cold countries, the
crops are usually
already inside the greenhouse by the first days of spring, but the heating system still needs to be operated
in order
to ensure the correct conditions. The windows must not be opened, and inside the building,
the relative humidity drops beneath the
desired levels. At this time, operating a suitable cooling system improves these crops.
What is possible to do to improve agricultural crops is also possible to do with livestock, including all types of poultry, cows, and pigs.
A suitable system can cool their micro-environment and improve production.
The different methods of cooling based on sprinkler-spraying products are as follows
Lee Aase June 2010 Social Media PresentationLee Aase
This is the presentation I've been giving for several health care-related groups during June. Due to different lengths of presentations, not all groups see all slides, but this is the overall deck.
Speaker: Marybeth O’Leary, External Affairs Specialist, FEMA Region 10
What if you could collect real-time, first-person information about a disaster that included pictures and
video? Learning to use social networking sites to augment situational awareness and information
collection could improve disaster response by your agency. Find out how the use of #hashtags,
aggregators and targeted searches can give you a wider picture than what is available through traditional
media monitoring. In addition, online surveys show that respondents have voiced their expectation that
agencies will respond directly to social media requests for assistance. Response and redirection of these
requests can avert a public relations nightmare. Will the use of social media help or hinder your response
to those affected by a disaster. In some cases a tweet for help has resulted in an avalanche of calls to 911
by Twitter followers.
I presented on social media today for the HR group with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. They organized their conference with a Star Trek motif, which caused me to refresh my presentation, encouraging them to boldly go....
Presentation on "Choosing the Right Social Media Tools to Get Your Message Out". Some of the tools may have changes since 2012 but this is all about the basics to help you no matter what comes and goes.
Lee Aase Social Media Presentation - Spring 2010Lee Aase
Presentation by Lee Aase, manager of syndication and social media at Mayo Clinic, and Chancellor of Social Media University, Global (SMUG) on social media in health care.
Putting Social Media to Good Use in Government CommunicationsLee Aase
My presentation to the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators on applications of social media in government, delivered in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 19, 2009.
My presentation to the Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society of Greater New York on May 18, 2010, at an event hosted by the New York Times.
I did a further presentation to the team on harnessing Social Media for the campaign. The content is a little dated now as it was prepared in 2011, but many of the fundamental issues still remain.
Presentation given by Natalie Wardel and Janelle Hanson at the Utah PIO Conference in Sept. 2013. How to Pitch Media, public relations tips, and social media tools to use as well as some ideas and best practices for police officers, state agencies, etc.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
6. And that’s the standard.
TRUE OR FALSE.
ACCURATE OR INNACURATE.
And your responsibility
7. So today is more complicated…
And more complicated for you.
You’ll find yourself in jobs where
you’ll be expected to do the
impossible.
Ex: live-blogging
8. The tension in today’s journalism is
NEED FOR SPEED
Vs
ACCURACY AND VERIFICATION
And YOU will be asked to make
judgment calls.
9. There is one rule and lots of
guidelines.
The rule:
Being first is not as important as
being accurate.
10. What else counts aside from being first?
Following up with photos, videos and in-depth
analysis
Real-time and speed can mean that the first-
to-break isn’t necessarily the one who’ll be
remembered
What else?
11. The guidelines:
• It’s still about verification, just as always, but
it’s about speedy verification
• Knowing the What, and When and How to
verify information
• Knowing the best tools to be the most
efficient
Ex: we talked about how to source and verify on
Twitter. What were some of the guidelines?
Every medium has its parameters.
12. Parameters:
find the earliest example of the information
posted to social media
check the source's social history to see how
long they've been registered on the platform
and how they have been using it
comparing UGC information with official
reports
Why do I call these parameters?
13. Often it won’t be black and white. It won’t be a
right or wrong decision, it’ll be a judgment call.
Examples: Hurricane Sandy
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive
/2012/10/sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-
the-fakes/264243/
14. Some tools for PEOPLE
• WHOIS
Finds the registered users of a domain name and
details the date of registration, location and contact
details of the registrant or assignee.
• Spokeo
A people search engine that can find individuals by
name, email, phone or username. Results are
merged into a profile showing gender and age,
contact details, occupation, education, marital
status, family background, economic profile and
photos.
• Hoverme, Klout, AllAreaCodes
15. Tools for PLACES
• Google Maps
An online map providing high resolution aerial or
satellite imagery covering much of the Earth,
except for areas around the poles. Includes a
number of viewing options such as terrain,
weather information and a 360 degree street
level view.
• Panoramio
Photo-sharing website carrying millions of geo-
located images uploaded on to a Google Maps
layer.
16. Some tools for IMAGES
• TinEye
A reverse image search engine that connects images to
their creators by allowing users to find out where an image
originated, how it is used, whether modified versions exist
and if there are higher resolution copies.
• Google Search by Image
By uploading or entering an image’s URL users can find
content such as related or similar images, websites and
other pages using the specific image.
• Foto Forensics
This website uses error level analysis (ELA) to indicate parts
of an image that may have been altered. It highlights where
alterations may have been made.
17. It will always be a judgment call.
But it will be your judgment,
because that’s how digital, real-
time, social-driven newsrooms
work today.
18. Case study: The Boston Marathon
timeline on April 18th, 2013
• speculation on Twitter and Reddit that a
missing Brown student, Sunil Tripathi, was one
of the bombers.
• People compared photos they could find of
him to the surveillance photos released by the
FBI.
• It was a leading theory on the subreddit
devoted to investigating the bombing that
Tripathi was one of the terrorists responsible
19. • an official on the police scanner said, "Last name:
Mulugeta, M-U-L-U-G-E-T-A, M as in Mike,
Mulugeta.”
• Tripathi’s name is never mentioned
• Greg Hughes, had been following the Tripathi
speculation, tweeted, "BPD has identified the
names: Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta. Suspect 2:
Sunil Tripathi."
• Gets retweeted intensely
• Much celebration across social media that new
media was able to get to the truth before old
media
20. • Within a few hours NBC had confirmed that
two Chechnyan brothers were the primary
suspects in the case. Their names and stories
came out quickly.
• People realized the error about Tripathi,
apologies were made.
• Tripathi’s body was found a week later
21. Questions about Boston
• When did a subreddit amateur detective’s
work become a national story?
• What went wrong?
• What would you have done differently?
22. Case study: Julie Gayet pregnant
• January 16th Julie Gayet goes on Europe 1 radio
te deny that she is 4 months pregnant
• French media publish the rumor
• The rumor has gone viral on social media
• former Tory MP Louise Mensch tweets: ‘French
blogger tweeting source says Gayet 4 months
pregnant; Valerie evidently not First Lady any
more.’
• French blog le Réel posts a tweet suggesting the
rumor saying his source is journalist from M6
What is the blog Le Réel?
23.
24. What are the potential consequences of
this kind of rumor?
For the subjects?
And the journalists replaying it?
Also: it seems crazy…why did this rumor
catch on at all?
25. Be aware of what we wish were true.
You’ve heard of self-fulfilling wishes: this
mechanism gets amplified on social media
and in newsrooms. When we want
something to be true, we tend to look for
evidence to confirm that wish and you can
usually find anything online if you look
hard enough.