HIST 302 Famine in Modern Society -- Professor Cope: Fake News Workshop. Part 2, September 13

The Miseducation of Dylan Roof.

"From Headline to Photograph, A Fake News Masterpiece," by Scott Shane, NYT, Jan. 18, 2017

Fake News and the Psychology of the Brain, Circulating Ideas episode 116: Laura Lauzen-Collins

"The Left has a Post-Truth Problem Too. It's Called Comedy."  By Stephen Marche, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 6, 2017.

"Stewart put himself in an ideal position—he was moral arbiter who could determine what was hurting America while he took absolutely no responsibility himself. He knew better than the journalists but he was not subject to their rules. He was just an entertainer."

Satire

Satirical Sites deliberately distort reality for a variety of reasons, such as making a political point or entertaining the reader. It is important to remember these sources because any news story from them can and should be disregarded as a direct source of information. Satire should be funny, call attention to an issue by distorting reality, and be clearly marked as satire. Anything else is dangerous to the common good.

Olivia Solon and Sam Levin, "How Google's Search Algorithm Spreads False Information With a Rightwing Bias," The Guardian, Dec. 16, 2016.

Can You Spot the Hoaxes?

Fake Video

"Researchers Have Figured out How to Fake News Video with AI," by Karen Hao, Quartz, July 2017