Identify a Lie with 6 Simple Questions post written by: Marc Chernoff Email We all fall victim to at least a few lies during the course of our lifetime. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.- Mark Twain How do you know this? If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)... Basic newsgathering and verification tools from Google at #IJF16 Getting to know the tips, techniques and technology now available to journalists can make a big difference in speeding up the job. Speaking at the 10th International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Google media trainer Elisabetta Tola shared her tips for newsgathering and verification using Google tools. Advanced search “The problem we have when we are doing search today is that the amount of information is so huge,” Tola said. “If we’re looking for something specific it might come up on page 14, 15 or 316 [of search results].” But using and combining search operators can help refine searches to drill down to specific results that are more relevant and useful. Sometimes searches can be scuppered by a particularly common word that isn’t relevant to what you might be looking for. For example, if searching for CCTV footage uploaded to YouTube after the recent bombing at the Brussels Zaventem airport, the following search could be useful: Verification
UltraVNC VNC Remote Support Software Desktop Control Free Opensource How to verify photos and videos on social media networks This image was mistakenly broadcast by one of France’s largest TV channels, France 2. The scene was described as having unfolded in Iran, back in December 2009. A cursory glance reveals a range of details that could allow us to verify its authenticity. Are Iranian police shields the same colour as in this image? The photo was actually taken in Honduras. Another example, far more recent, relates to the migrant crisis in Europe, a favourite theme for those who wish to mislead the European public. According to the caption posted to YouTube, the video depicts violence at the hands of migrants in Erfurt, a city in central Germany. Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Street View To really scrutinise a photo or a video, you have to get up close and personal. Time for a pop quiz! Here, no attempt has been made to mislead the viewer. Google Street View Google Map and Google Earth can be useful for carrying out in-depth analyses. Who's the author ? Then, listen to the words.
The use of OER for research methods teaching in social science and education This is a SCORE funded project which explores ways of enhancing practice in research methods teaching through the use of open educational resources. The project is multidisciplinary and involves perspectives from three different disciplines (Sociology, Education and Criminology) on how OER can be utilised more effectively in research teaching. The content shared here is intended for the tutors participating in the project, who are invited to view and evaluate the resources from the point of view of whether and how they can embed these in teaching practice. Any comments are welcome however. The aim is to understand whether the OER content included here is flexible enough to adapt to the subject areas of education, sociology and criminology. Extra content Resources from iTunesU (Note: you can download these files to your desktop for easier viewing) The experiment (video file). Field experiments (video file): Field Experiments.m4v Action research
Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. 5 ways fake news websites are evolving - First Draft News It’s typically been fairly easy to describe what fake news websites are, and how they work: These sites publish stories that look and read like real news articles but are completely fake. They exist in order to earn money from ads. That description works for many of the ever-growing number of these sites. The local viral hoax Hoax stories of terrorist attacks, with only the city name changed, have been popping up on fake news sites recently People tend to care more about news events which are happening in their city or town. One approach, which I recently detailed in this story, involves scammers creating multiple copies of the same hoax article about a terrorist attack killing multiple people in a city. The hoaxers publish the articles on one or several websites and then join Facebook groups focused on the locations cited in the hoaxes. When it works well the hoax will go viral locally. Mimicking actual news sites Screenshot from the now defunct ABCNewsGo.co Mixing in real and fake
29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier There are so many wonderful websites around, and it is difficult to know each and every one of them. The below list provides some of those websites that I find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names out there. 1. Are you bugged constantly to sign up for websites, even though you do not wish to share your email? 2. This nifty little website tracks whether the emails sent by you were opened and read by the receiver. If you are on a constant lookout of free full length movies, then Zero Dollar movies provides a collection of over 15,000 movies in multiple languages that are available to watch for free on Youtube. 4. Livestream allows you to watch and broadcast events live to viewers on any platform. scr.im converts your email address into a short custom URLs, that can be shared on public websites. 6. TinEye is a Reverse Image search tool which is as accurate as Google’s Reverse Image search tool. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Research Tips: How I Search for Information | OHIO University Libraries Ed note: We know November means that we’re approaching the end of the semester and many of you will be working on research projects. In light of this time of the semester, and that November has become known as both National Novel Writing Month and Academic Writing Month, we’re bringing you a couple of posts this month with our favorite research tips to help you get to writing that research paper. We’d love to hear your favorite research and writing tips. Please share them with us on Twitter (@AldenLibrary) or Facebook. One of the early steps in writing an article or paper is researching for information. determine what has already been done,find gaps in knowledge on the topic,provide background or contextual information, andsupport our findings and/or insights. Regardless of whether we are searching for articles on a specific topic or for one particular article or paper, there are similar tools and techniques we can employ. Paper title: Supervision of discrete event systems Authors: W.M.
Une majorité d'articles sont partagés sur les réseaux sociaux sans même être lus Temps de lecture: 2 min — Repéré sur Washington Post Ils sont 46.000 à n’avoir rien vu venir… C’était le 4 juin 2016. Le site satirique mais non moins sérieux The Science Post publiait un article au titre plus qu’engageant: «Étude: 70% des utilisateurs de Facebook lisent seulement le titre des papiers scientifiques avant de les commenter». 46.000 personnes ont partagé ce papier qui n’en était pas un, rapporte The Washington Post. Ce phénomène tend à se généraliser, et il serait même en train de supplanter celui du «piège à clics». «C’est typique de la consommation d’information moderne, analyse-t-il. Durant un mois à l’été 2015, ces chercheurs ont analysé une série de tweets contenant un lien court vers cinq sources d’information. Cette étude fait état d'autres observations éclairantes. Bref, merci aux 40% du public ayant partagé cet article de l'avoir lu.