Helping Students Identify Fake News with the Five C's of Critical Consuming
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With digital tools, it is easier than ever to create, edit, and publish your work to the world. But there’s a cost. It’s also easier than ever to spread misinformation. And fake news has become a real issue in recent times.
We see this with students. According to a Stanford study, only 25% of high school students were able to identify an accurate news story when also given a fake one. Students also had a hard time distinguishing between real and fake photographs as well as authentic and staged videos.
Researchers used the words “bleak” and “dismaying” to describe it. But it’s not going away anytime soon and that’s a very real problem.
So, how do we fix it?
Well, here’s a five-step process that I’ve used with students.
A word of caution. It’s not perfect and there are probably other models out there but I thought I would share it just in case you might want to use it.
We call it the 5 C’s of critical consuming.
#1: Context - Look at the context of the article. When was it written? Where does it come from? Have the events changed since then? Is there any new information that could change your perspective?
#2: Credibility - Check the credibility of the source. Does the site have a reputation for journalistic integrity? Does the author cite credible sources? Or is it satirical? Is it on a list of fake news sites? Is it actually an advertisement posing as a real news story?
#3: Construction. Analyze the construction of the article. What is the bias? Are there any loaded words? Any propaganda techniques? Any omissions that you should look out for? Can you distinguish between the facts and opinions? Or is it simply all speculation?
#4: Corroboration: Corroborate the information with other credible news sources. Make sure it’s not the only source making the claim. If it is, there’s a good chance it’s actually not true.
#5: Compare: Compare it to other news sources to get different perspectives. Find other credible sources from other areas of the ideological or political spectrum to provide nuance and get a bigger picture of what’s actually happening.
See, when we teach students media literacy, and they learn how to consume critically, they learn how to think critically. And critical thinking citizens are good for democracy. And that’s good for everyone.
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I'm not the best student, so I've had to repeat classes, but I eventually learn, lol. This was one of the first topics I covered in college level English. We looked over a strange old satirical article that said we should eat the young, & fact checked it like this, evaluating our ability to spot miss-information. I was startled by how much of it correlated to a business advertising course I was also taking, which focuses on understanding why people are motivated to click & how their emotions can override other factors.
Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal". I know it well and teach it to my tenth grade students. Satire, verbal irony, hyperbole, sarcasm. All very relevant in the advertising world AND the political world we live in now.
bruh people saying they're doing this for college... I'm in gr.9
Okay, this is epic.
Thanks John, I am going to use this in my lesson next week.
Thanks, this helped so much! ☺️
I'm so glad!
i like how he showed the onion
Ringrazio che la mia prof mi sta facendo vedere questo video di merda dandoti visualizzazioni non me ne frega un cazzo di quello che dici anche perché non lo capisco quindi ciao
Fake pintress
Wow I have some money whoops there it goes
GREAT! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks helps me a lot
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And WHO knows purses wallets Cash apps
Fake Instagram
look at the context
check the credibility
analyze the construction
corroborate information with other credible sources
compare information to other credible sources
Yea, this is the video that you were looking for Wild Fred.
This comment is just for me in case I forget it.
There's really only 3 c's here. Context, Credibility, Construction. The other 2 are just elaborations of credibility.
That's certainly possible.
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Hi john spencer, im from UTM which one of the top university in Malaysia. My lect asked me to watch ur video and u know what ur video is really awesome! Good job spencer, im proud of u hehe.
To all my UTM friends if u read this, u know what u have to do right 🤪
Good luck!
absolutely loved it dude short and to the piont
For # 2 how do you tell your students to distinguish a credible source? I know sources I consider credible, but they don't have any prior knowledge and the techniques I have used in the past, well, "fake news" folks are getting trickier to the point that they look almost identical to the "real news" sites.
You're welcome to take stuff from my libguide on the CRAAP test: library.raritanval.edu/craap
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You should explain “journalism vs talk show hosts or even commentators”. I can’t tell u how many ppl think Hannity is a friggen journalist when he admits he isn’t! But ppl generally don’t know why that’s an important distinction.
So do not confine your suspicions to a primary source(s)msm, look beyond and find the true meaning(grasshopper)
Great video and perfect started to get a conversation going with our middle school kids!
Mr. Richardson.. May I use the restroom?
hadir
Thanks!
Lmao good luck to future/current history students who have to distinguish between fake news and real news sources. I thought primary and secondary sources were hard enough 😂
The problem is "credible news sources". Who defines what is a "credible" news source?
consistently reporting factual information, and if they do report a mistake they own up to it.
You came here because your teacher of english sent you to do some test lol
Thank you for this, this helped me to take points for my speech.
brilliant! Very well made and so clear for my students and my own kids.
Glad it was helpful!
Great work especially mentioning the bias -whole nations need this lesson...
God bless you.
Thank you for telling me🙏🙏🙏
And I want to ask you , where did you come from?
Fake ticktock underground
Great video!
Hi John. I'm using your great video and information for my students too. Can you do one thing, though? Can you lower the volume so that your commentary is easier to focus upon? Thanks for your consideration.
The real problem is determining "credibility."
these2menrgannadoit Just make sure it's not some website u never heard of. Use this website to help u if it's credible or not. it's called media check fact check
these2menrgannadoit it provides, biases from both sides, conspiracy and psuedo science sources, real science news, and all with credibility levels. I recommend WSJ and Texas Tribune because they both have very little to no bias
If they get up on a stage like a actor wearing a 3000 doller suit and drives a Mercedes and has a house in the Hamptons and a vacation house in Italy then that can tell ya
Noice
Nice video
thanks! very useful material!
This is great. Thank you!
Very helpful
May I link to your video for a grant project that I am doing for Texas A&M University, please? If so, how would you prefer it to be cited?
Fake Google
you are so good
2:30
This is excellent. I will be using this with my Girl Scouts.
Thank you so much. This is really helpful.
What’s the song in the background?
How crazy it is that we live in a world where we need "media literacy"? Sad. Thank you for the video. Always worried my kid is on the wrong part of youtube ....
Really helpful in case you are a dog 🐶
Superb and to the point!!
Fake networks
Super
This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks!
Really good, thanks :) !!!!!!
Wow. Thanks a lot
I love this video . Is there any chance to get it without the music?
Fantastically Amazing
Thanks!
Wow, I want to take your class. I want to know how to make this video clip. Is there no lesson for this? :)
I doubt the creditably of this video, who is he to judge the way I judge information. If 99 of 100 people agree with each other but are wrong who is their left to agree with the one that is right?
The main takeaway is that you should do some research of your own before forming an opinion. In the wise words of Harlan Ellison, “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”