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1 Confirmation Bias, ihoaxes and Cynicism: A triple threat to democracy Peter Adams SVP for Educational Programs The News Literacy Project November 22, 2014

2 Contextomies, Confirmation Bias and the Filter Bubble: A triple threat to democracy Peter Adams SVP for Educational Programs The News Literacy Project November 22, 2014

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4 thenewsliteracyproject.org/ncss

5 News Literacy

6 News Literacy The critical thinking skills to be able to consume and create credible information across all media and all platforms as students, consumers and citizens.

7 84% of young adult respondents say they are bombarded with information and would benefit from learning more about how to gauge what news is trustworthy. -Cathy J. Cohen, Joseph Kahne, 2012

8 News Literacy The critical thinking skills to be able to consume and create credible information across all media and all platforms as students, consumers and citizens.

9 News Literacy The critical thinking skills to be able to consume and create credible information across all media and all platforms as students, consumers and citizens.

10 News Literacy Credible Information?

11 News Literacy Documentation Credible Information?

12 News Literacy Documentation Credible Information? Sourcing

13 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Transparency Sourcing

14 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Transparency Sourcing Fairness

15 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Transparency Sourcing Independence Fairness

16 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Transparency Sourcing Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness

17 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Transparency News judgment Sourcing Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness

18 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Created by? Sourcing Transparency News judgment Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness

19 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Created by? Sourcing Purpose? Transparency News judgment Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness

20 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Created by? Sourcing Purpose? Fairness Enough information? Transparency News judgment Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity

21 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Created by? Sourcing Purpose? Transparency News judgment Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness What are my biases? Enough information?

22 News Literacy Credible Information? Documentation Created by? Sourcing Purpose? Transparency News judgment Independence Pursuit of neutrality/ objectivity Fairness What are my biases? Enough information?

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25 For each area Contextomies Confirmation Bias The Filter Bubble

26 1. Explanation For each area

27 For each area 1. Explanation 2. Lightning discussion & ideas to teach it

28 For each area 1. Explanation 2. Lightning discussion & ideas to teach it 3. Tool, idea, resource

29 Contextomy

30 Contextomy Source: Matthew S. McGlone, Contextomy: the art of quoting out of context. Media, Culture & Society. July 2005

31 Contextomy Source: Matthew S. McGlone, Contextomy: the art of quoting out of context. Media, Culture & Society. July 2005

32 You ve heard about the controversies, the process about the bill but I don t know if you ve heard that it is legislation for the future not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. -Nancy Pelosi

33 Contextomy You ve heard about the controversies, the process about the bill but I don t know if you ve heard that it is legislation for the future not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. -Nancy Pelosi

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35 I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don t like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn t give me a good service that I need, I want to say I m going to go get someone else to provide that service to me. -Mitt Romney

36 Contextomy I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don t like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn t give me a good service that I need, I want to say I m going to go get someone else to provide that service to me. -Mitt Romney

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38 Contextomy Source: Matthew S. McGlone, Contextomy: the art of quoting out of context. Media, Culture & Society. July 2005

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41 Malaysian Airlines #370?

42 Nope.

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45 FW: Michigan Food Stamps

46 FW: Michigan Food Stamps

47 Subject: You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

48 Subject: You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

49 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

50 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

51 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

52 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

53 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

54 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

56 You ve Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

57 Real

58 R False

59 F

60 F F Real

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64 Fake ios7 Updates

65 Fake ios7 Updates

66 Fake ios7 Updates

67 Ebola at a Dorito Factory

68 Ebola at a Dorito Factory

69 Ebola at a Dorito Factory

70 Diane in 7A

71 Diane in 7A

72 Luke Montgomery

73 Dayna Morales, Cannot Tip

74 Dayna Morales, Cannot Tip

75 Dayna Morales, Cannot Tip

76 Woman Takes Selfie Every Day For One Year

77 Woman Takes Selfie Every Day For One Year

78 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

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80 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

81 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

82 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

83 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

84 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

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86 Ferguson

87 Ferguson

88 Ferguson

89 Ferguson

90 Ferguson

91 Ferguson

92 Ferguson

93 Ferguson

94 Contextomy One minute: What could Ts do in the classroom to engage contextomies (what they are, if/why they matter, how to check credibility, etc.)?

95 thenewsliteracyproject.org/liedetectorchallenge

96 thenewsliteracyproject.org/liedetectorchallenge

97 thenewsliteracyproject.org/learn-channel

98 What Was Fake on the Internet This Week

99 antiviral.gawker.com

100 snopes.com/info/whatsnew.asp

101 Confirmation Bias

102 Confirmation Bias

103 Confirmation Bias

104 Confirmation Bias

105 Confirmation Bias

106 Confirmation Bias

107 Confirmation Bias

108 Confirmation Bias

109 Confirmation Bias

110 Confirmation Bias

111 Confirmation Bias

112 Confirmation Bias

113 Confirmation Bias

114 Confirmation Bias

115 Where am I leaning?

116 Where am I leaning?

117 Where am I leaning? Judge, then reason

118 Where am I leaning? Judge, then reason Education = Ability to rationalize

119 Where am I leaning? Judge, then reason Education = Ability to rationalize well-informed and interested in accuracy

120 Drew Westen Emory University Reasoning Emotion

121 Nyhan & Reifler

122 Information Beliefs

123 SYRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY

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125 Confirmation Bias One minute: What could you do in the classroom to guide your students understanding of confirmation bias?

126 Confirmation Bias

127 Confirmation Bias

128 Confirmation Bias

129 Confirmation Bias

130 The Filter Bubble

131 The Filter Bubble

132 Personalization Virtually everything we encounter is becoming personalized through algorithmic filtering

133 Personalization Virtually everything we encounter is becoming personalized through algorithmic filtering

134 Personalization Virtually everything we encounter is becoming personalized through algorithmic filtering

135 Personalization Virtually everything we encounter is becoming personalized through algorithmic filtering

136 Personalization Virtually everything we encounter is becoming personalized through algorithmic filtering

137 Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO T the idea of a website that isn t customized to a particular user will seem quaint. Personalization

138 Personalization personalization could easily have a hand not only in who goes on a date with whom but in where they go and what they talk about. The algorithms that orchestrate our ads are starting to orchestrate our lives. Eli Pariser

139 Personalization Democracy requires a reliance on shared facts; instead, we re being offered parallel but separate universes. - Eli Pariser

140 a unique universe of information

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147 Why it Matters: If we arrive at a day when all information is understood as equal as a collection of perspectives from hopelessly biased and flawed contributors we will have a society in which there are no closed questions no established truths.

148 Why it Matters: If we sacrifice the notion that at least some things are demonstrably true, on what common ground can we have meaningful civic discourse?

149 The Filter Bubble One minute: What learning experiences could you structure in the classroom to help students understand and offset the filter bubble?

150 The Filter Bubble

151 But it s not all bad

152 But it s not all bad

153 Emergent.info

154 Emergent.info

155 Emergent.info

156 PPP

157 PPP

158 PPP

159 PPP

160 PPP

161 Algorithmic challenges

162 Algorithmic potential

163 News Literacy Seeks To

164 News Literacy Seeks To Demonstrate the value of journalistic standards as a credibility yardstick

165 News Literacy Seeks To Demonstrate the value of journalistic standards as a credibility yardstick Foster skepticism and challenge cynicism

166 News Literacy Seeks To Demonstrate the value of journalistic standards as a credibility yardstick Foster skepticism and challenge cynicism Help youth make informed choices

167 News Literacy Seeks To Demonstrate the value of journalistic standards as a credibility yardstick Foster skepticism and challenge cynicism Help youth make informed choices Highlight the role that a robust national conversation has in a healthy democracy (& community)

168 Give young people the skills (and confidence) to be civically engaged News Literacy Seeks To Demonstrate the value of journalistic standards as a credibility yardstick Foster skepticism and challenge cynicism Help youth make informed choices Highlight the role that a robust national conversation has in a healthy democracy (& community)

169 NLP Programs

170 Classroom program NLP Programs

171 Classroom program NLP Programs

172 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program

173 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program

174 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program After school program

175 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program After school program Professional development

176 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program After school program Professional development o Four-part online PD series (three remaining)

177 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program After school program Professional development Workshops with partner organizations

178 NLP Programs Classroom program Digital program After school program Professional development Workshops with partner organizations Content consulting

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