In this lesson, you'll begin in earnest to analyze relationships among technology and society.
You'll learn to use a few tools to help you evaluate sources of information
in an effort to understand the difference between factual and fake news.
Your Contribution
Collaborate in the current Google Slides template (available via Canvas)
to summarizes your chosen topic and readings.
Then ask each other questions and suggest revisions by using the Slides Commenting feature.
Be sure to @name to alert your classmates of your comments.
Download/Print a PDF of your slide and the Bibliography slide that includes your entries.
Submit the PDF in Canvas for a plagiarism check and score.
Fake News Origins
The relationships between our sources of news and what we think about the important issues those sources deliver to us
can affect how we treat others related. Learn how in this introduction to fake news:
Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It)
Then get caught up on how Macedonia was profitting from the fake news industry:
Viewing news feeds can sway people's opinions of what is true or not true.
To ensure you see high-quality news articles in your own feed (for research purposes),
set up either of these News Feeds/Apps on your phone or computer:
Censorship by Google (overview) or read the Wall Street Journal's
Don't Let Google Get Away With Censorship; Big tech companies enjoy legal immunity premised on the assumption they'll respect free speech.
(Turn on VPN then login to your OSU Library account to access this resource.)
Democracy Survey Do Americans think that we are adhering to our standards?