What to do:
1. Read/watch/listen very widely.
Some generally reliable sources are (some of which require a subscription):
as well as various local sources.
2. Recognize that even typically reliable sources, whether mainstream or alternative, corporate or nonprofit, rely on particular media frames to report stories and select stories based on different notions of newsworthiness.
3. Be critical of the sources we share and engage with on social media.
What to avoid:
“Fake, false, regularly misleading sites” which rely on “outrage” using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits” (examples: Politicalo, AmericanNews.com)
Websites that may circulate misleading and/or potentially unreliable information (examples: ConsciousLifeNews.com, CountdownToZeroTime.com)
These websites sometimes use clickbait-y headlines and social media descriptions (examples: BipartisanReport.com, TheFreeThoughtProject.com)
Purposefully fake satire/comedy sites that can offer critical commentary on politics and society, but have the potential to be shared as actual/literal news (examples: Christwire.org, TheOnion.com
Content created by Sarah Cohn, Instructional Services Librarian, scohn@pace.edu
Go to OneSearch and search for the article titled "Construction of an infectious horsepox virus vaccine from chemically synthesized DNA fragments" by Noyce et al. Go over the abstract and skim the article. Do you notice anything peculiar about this article? How would you characterize it? Now read the article below, from Science magazine.
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