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=DIGITAL ENGagement Conference=
 
=DIGITAL ENGagement Conference=
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<h1>LINKS:<br><BR>
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[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_MVZEkrkdKJ-eHDjzV2hABdafM-prA_ct_qjbcLHcTQ/edit <b>SUMMARY WRAPUPS, MAY 5, 2017</b>]<br><BR>
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[http://newshare.com/fakenews/cuny-brooklyn-fake-news-05-05-17.mp3 AUDIO OF WRAPUP SESSION, MAY 5, 2017]<BR>
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<h4>Center for Worker Education--CUNY / 25 Broadway / New York N.Y.<br>
 
<h4>Center for Worker Education--CUNY / 25 Broadway / New York N.Y.<br>
 
Sponsored by the M.S. program in Media Studies at Brooklyn College</h4>
 
Sponsored by the M.S. program in Media Studies at Brooklyn College</h4>
 
<i>(This page also linked from: http://tinyurl.com/ccsu-fake-news</i>
 
<i>(This page also linked from: http://tinyurl.com/ccsu-fake-news</i>
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<big>This is a update of a page [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php?title=NMLC-fake-news1 (SEE ORIGINAL)] first created for a breakout session of the [http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/program/ Northeast Media Literacy Conference: The Past, Present and Future of Media Literacy Education] held on Sat., Feb. 4, 2017 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. You can listen to [http://newshare.com/greylockindependent/Nemlc-ccsu-02-04-17.mp3 AUDIO of Fake News plenary on Feb. 4]. You can also view [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/NMLC-fake-news-statement Notes of plenary-session discussion] as well as [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/NMLC-fake-news-session Notes of subsequent breakout sessions].  The session in Connecticut was called: [http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/program/unconference/ Defining the Fake News Moment: Fiction, Fad, Fatal or Media Lit Opportunity?]. Participants were Katherine Fry, Allison Butler, Mellisa Zimdars and Bill Densmore. </big>
 
<big>This is a update of a page [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php?title=NMLC-fake-news1 (SEE ORIGINAL)] first created for a breakout session of the [http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/program/ Northeast Media Literacy Conference: The Past, Present and Future of Media Literacy Education] held on Sat., Feb. 4, 2017 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. You can listen to [http://newshare.com/greylockindependent/Nemlc-ccsu-02-04-17.mp3 AUDIO of Fake News plenary on Feb. 4]. You can also view [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/NMLC-fake-news-statement Notes of plenary-session discussion] as well as [http://newshare.com/wiki/index.php/NMLC-fake-news-session Notes of subsequent breakout sessions].  The session in Connecticut was called: [http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/program/unconference/ Defining the Fake News Moment: Fiction, Fad, Fatal or Media Lit Opportunity?]. Participants were Katherine Fry, Allison Butler, Mellisa Zimdars and Bill Densmore. </big>
  
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=<b>Three types of fake news?</b>=
 
=<b>Three types of fake news?</b>=
[[Image:Hobbs-slides.png|350px|thumb|right|[https://www.slideshare.net/reneehobbs/how-digital-media-alter-concepts-of-authority-and-expertise-understanding-fake-news VIEW SLIDES]]
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[[Image:Hobbs-slides.png|450px|thumb|right|[https://www.slideshare.net/reneehobbs/how-digital-media-alter-concepts-of-authority-and-expertise-understanding-fake-news VIEW SLIDES]]]
<big>[https://www.slideshare.net/reneehobbs/how-digital-media-alter-concepts-of-authority-and-expertise-understanding-fake-news Three types of Fake News] according to Renee Hobbs (March 10, 2017):
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<h4>[https://www.slideshare.net/reneehobbs/how-digital-media-alter-concepts-of-authority-and-expertise-understanding-fake-news Three types of Fake News] according to Renee Hobbs (March 10, 2017):</h4>
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<li>Disinformation propaganda [for the purpose of controlling knowledge, attitudes and Values]
 
<li>Disinformation propaganda [for the purpose of controlling knowledge, attitudes and Values]
 
<li>Hoax/Parody/Satire [for the purpose of cultural criticism or creative expression]
 
<li>Hoax/Parody/Satire [for the purpose of cultural criticism or creative expression]
 
<li>Errors in Journalism/Partisanship [for the purpose of informing and engaging the public]
 
<li>Errors in Journalism/Partisanship [for the purpose of informing and engaging the public]
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<li>Part of challenge is accepting that we need "thought leaders"
 
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=<b>Updates since Feb. 4</b>=
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<h4>Craig Silverman (Media Editor for BuzzFeed News) described Fake News (February 16, 2017 at CCSU) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv-4TlPwyOA (WATCH VIDEO):]</h4><big>
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<li>Primarily financially-driven
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<li>Lots of smaller sites run by single owners. Some networks run by small teams
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<li>Earns money from display ads and/or content recommendation units
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<li>At its core, a cynical form of attention harvesting
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Silverman also lectured at the University of Chicago a week later.
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<h4>Here is a link to another lecture of Craig [http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/02/22/buzzfeed-media-editor-craig-silverman-on-the-impact-of-fake-news-whats-next-for-it-and-what-exactly-it-even-is a week later] at the University of Chicago.</h4>
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=<b>Other updates since Feb. 4</b>=
 
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<li>REPORT: [https://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Combating-Fake-News-Agenda-for-Research.pdf "Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action"] | Harvard Univ., May 2017
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<li>[https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/europe-election-fake-news.html As Europe Heads to the Polls, Tech Tackles Fake News] | NYTimes, May 2, 2017
 
<li>[https://www.cjr.org/criticism/fake_news_trump_white_house_cnn.php Has Donald Trump killed the term 'fake news'?] (Columbia Journalism Review)
 
<li>[https://www.cjr.org/criticism/fake_news_trump_white_house_cnn.php Has Donald Trump killed the term 'fake news'?] (Columbia Journalism Review)
 
<li>[https://www.recode.net/2017/2/12/14591522/apple-ceo-tim-cook-tech-launch-campaign-fake-news-fact-check Tech should launch counter-attack on fake news, Apple's CEO says]
 
<li>[https://www.recode.net/2017/2/12/14591522/apple-ceo-tim-cook-tech-launch-campaign-fake-news-fact-check Tech should launch counter-attack on fake news, Apple's CEO says]
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=<b>What do we mean by 'fake news'?"</b>=
 
=<b>What do we mean by 'fake news'?"</b>=
 
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<li>"Yellow", fabricated, made  up facts
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<li>Or ... news you don't agree with? (Trump)
 
<li>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/media/medias-next-challenge-overcoming-the-threat-of-fake-news.html NYTIMES: Media's next challenge -- overcoming the thread of fake news]<BR>
 
<li>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/media/medias-next-challenge-overcoming-the-threat-of-fake-news.html NYTIMES: Media's next challenge -- overcoming the thread of fake news]<BR>
 
<big>EXCERPT: “It’s the biggest crisis facing our democracy, the failing business model of real journalism,” Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri and a longtime critic of fake news, told me on Saturday. Ms. McCaskill said that “journalism is partly to blame” for being slow to adjust as the internet turned its business model upside down and social media opened the competitive floodgates. “Fake news got way out ahead of them,” she said.</big>
 
<big>EXCERPT: “It’s the biggest crisis facing our democracy, the failing business model of real journalism,” Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri and a longtime critic of fake news, told me on Saturday. Ms. McCaskill said that “journalism is partly to blame” for being slow to adjust as the internet turned its business model upside down and social media opened the competitive floodgates. “Fake news got way out ahead of them,” she said.</big>
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<h2>"Fake news" -- A metaphor for all that ails our media ecosystem?</h2>
 
<h2>"Fake news" -- A metaphor for all that ails our media ecosystem?</h2>
<li>Lack of facts / alternate facts
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<ul><ul><li>Lack of facts / alternate facts
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<li>"Yellow journalism"? / made up facts
 
<li>A partisan intent to mislead through hoaxes
 
<li>A partisan intent to mislead through hoaxes
 
<li>Comedy, satire masquerading as real  
 
<li>Comedy, satire masquerading as real  
 
<li>Undisclosed/obfuscated point of view -- an opportunity for media-literacy educators?  
 
<li>Undisclosed/obfuscated point of view -- an opportunity for media-literacy educators?  
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<h2><br>THE RESULTS:<BR></h2>
 
<h2><br>THE RESULTS:<BR></h2>
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<li>A robust, liberating cacaphony of voices -- but who are they and what motivates them?  
 
<li>A robust, liberating cacaphony of voices -- but who are they and what motivates them?  
 
<li>The decline of trusted "gatekeepers"  (See: [http://newshare.com/report.pdf RJI report)]
 
<li>The decline of trusted "gatekeepers"  (See: [http://newshare.com/report.pdf RJI report)]
<li>Do we need a new paradigm for trusted information (See: [https://informationtrust.wordpress.com/mission/ infotrust.org)]<BR>
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<li>Do we need a new paradigm for trusted information? (See: [https://informationtrust.wordpress.com/mission/ infotrust.org)]<BR>
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<h2>POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:<BR></h2>
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<LI>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rcWBVN8mC3rRTIT3SpxHUU51dMfT5GLgiarmmTfJaFM/edit the 21st Century Journalism Code project]
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=POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:=
<li>[http://www.pcmag.com/news/353106/craigslist-founder-craig-newmark-has-a-plan-to-save-journali CraigsList founder has a plan to save journalism] |
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<li>Requires media-literacy education
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<li>Focus ln reception as much or more than transmission
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<li>A key is how you define trust
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<li>Time to redefine journalism?
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<li>Value the influence of human editors/curators, collaborators
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<li>FRAMING: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-time-to-retire-the-tainted-term-fake-news/2017/01/06/a5a7516c-d375-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: "It's time to (just) retire the tainted term "fake news"] | Jan. 8, 2017
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<li>FACK CHECKING: [https://firstdraftnews.com/ FirstDraft News: "Navigating the digital information ecosystem"] | includes CrossCheckNewsroom
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<li>TECHNOLOGY: [http://www.fakenewschallenge.org/ Fake News Challenge: Exploring how artificial intelligence might combat fake news]
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<li>COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: [https://www.wikitribune.com/ WikiTribune: A new initiative by WikiPedia founder Jimmy Wales to combine community/professional journalism]
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<LI>RE-DEFINING JOURNALISM: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rcWBVN8mC3rRTIT3SpxHUU51dMfT5GLgiarmmTfJaFM/edit the 21st Century Journalism Code project]
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<li>TRUST ARBITRATION: [https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2017/04/announcing-the-new-integrity-initiative/News Integrity Initiative] | [http://www.pcmag.com/news/353106/craigslist-founder-craig-newmark-has-a-plan-to-save-journali CraigsList founder has a plan to save journalism] |
 
  [http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/1/11/craig-newmark-philanthropy-journalism CRAIG NEWMARK: I'm joining the fight against fake news" -- Inside Philanthropy]
 
  [http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/1/11/craig-newmark-philanthropy-journalism CRAIG NEWMARK: I'm joining the fight against fake news" -- Inside Philanthropy]
<li>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-time-to-retire-the-tainted-term-fake-news/2017/01/06/a5a7516c-d375-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: "It's time to (just) retire the tainted term "fake news"] | Jan. 8, 2017
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<li>LIBRARIES: [https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/12/27/fighting-fake-news/ How libraries can lead the way] | American Libraries Magazine
<li>[https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/12/27/fighting-fake-news/ How libraries can lead the way] | American Libraries Magazine
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<li>EDUCATORS: [http://youthtoday.org/2017/01/media-literacy-help-youth-think-critically-in-age-of-fake-news/ Helping Youth Think Critically in an Age of Fake News] | Youth Today (online)
<li>[http://youthtoday.org/2017/01/media-literacy-help-youth-think-critically-in-age-of-fake-news/ Helping Youth Think Critically in an Age of Fake News] | Youth Today (online)
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Also see: [https://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49409 Frank Romano] (RIT emeritus) published, 1990 in TypeWorld: [http://newshare.com/images/romano.jpg "We are the Press"]
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<br>Also see: [https://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49409 Frank Romano] (RIT emeritus) published, 1990 in TypeWorld: [http://newshare.com/images/romano.jpg "We are the Press"]
 
 
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=<b>CONVENING QUESTIONS:</b>=
==CONVENING QUESTIONS:==
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<h4>What consensus statement can we reach about news, trust, community and citizenship in a media-literate society?
<h3>What consensus statement can we reach about news, trust, community and citizenship in a media-literate society?
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<li>What do we mean by fake news?
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<LI>DEFINITION: (Bill Densmore) What do we mean by fake news?
<li>What do we do about it?  
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<li>PURPOSE& OUTCOMES: (Renee Hobbs) More literate, participatory communities and democracy?  
<li>What roles must media-literacy educators -- and the public -- play?  
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<li>RESPONSIBILITY & TARGET AUDIENCE: (Katherine Fry) Why is it media educators’ responsibility to address it? What roles might others play (such as: librarians, journalists, administrators, public)?  
<li>Allison Butler: How to bring subject of "truth" into classroom?  
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<li>PRACTICE & SUPPORT: (Allison Butler) Who is in charge of "the truth"? How can youth make sense of it? How to bring subject of "truth" into classroom?
<li>Allison Butler: Who is on charge of "the truth" and how can youth make sense of it?
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<li>RESOURCES & CALL FOR ACTION: (Yonty Friesem) Where can I find resources? What can I do?  
 
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Fry's key points?
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<li>News is now a verb
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<li>Participatory nature of news now most important part of conversation
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<li>How is news shaped?
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<li>Little distinction between audience and creators?
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Butler's key points?
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<li>Slow down / think befoe passing along
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<li>Get behind the scenes
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<li>A discusion of power, political economy, social justice leads to partisanship question
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<li>Librarians are hungry for help to play a role
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<li>Not about answering all questions but about having the right questions to ask
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==RESOURCES==
 
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 7 May 2017

DIGITAL ENGagement Conference

LINKS:

SUMMARY WRAPUPS, MAY 5, 2017

AUDIO OF WRAPUP SESSION, MAY 5, 2017

Center for Worker Education--CUNY / 25 Broadway / New York N.Y.
Sponsored by the M.S. program in Media Studies at Brooklyn College

(This page also linked from: http://tinyurl.com/ccsu-fake-news

This is a update of a page (SEE ORIGINAL) first created for a breakout session of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference: The Past, Present and Future of Media Literacy Education held on Sat., Feb. 4, 2017 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn. You can listen to AUDIO of Fake News plenary on Feb. 4. You can also view Notes of plenary-session discussion as well as Notes of subsequent breakout sessions. The session in Connecticut was called: Defining the Fake News Moment: Fiction, Fad, Fatal or Media Lit Opportunity?. Participants were Katherine Fry, Allison Butler, Mellisa Zimdars and Bill Densmore.

The situation

In the last seven months, our political discourse has been infected by a new term: “Fake News.” In a 70-minute, circle-round session, we’ll probe the limits of what the term might mean, and how it might be an opportunity to mainstream media-literacy education. We’ll drive toward a consensus statement, addressing such questions as: How do current concepts of “fake” news differ from what was published by 18th-century pamphleteers, or 1960s supermarket tabloids? Is news “fake” based on point of view only, or because it reports as facts things that are demonstrably untrue? Is it only “fake” if its intention is to mislead? Who defines “mislead?” In an age when all of us can be reporters via our Facebook feed, do we all need tutoring on how to create — and consume — trustworthy reporting and information? In social media, is news now anything more than verified gossip? Who is the trusted verifier? Our “conversation catalysts” will start the discussion, then we’ll invite all to to participate.

Three types of fake news?

Three types of Fake News according to Renee Hobbs (March 10, 2017):