CNX 174: Race, Civil Rights, and Social Change

Interview with a fake-news creator.  

This interview was broadcast on National Public Radio, November 23, 2016.

The fake-news creator's current web site.

Evaluating Information: from Books & Journals to "Fake News"

Cornell University's guide "Evaluate News."

• Fake News
  • How To Spot Fake News
  • Types of Unreliable News Sources
• Be An Active News User
• Expect Accountability From Your News Sources
• Evaluating News Sources (exercise)
• Identifying Our Own Biases

​This linked-to/unaltered content is generously shared, through a Creative Commons License, by: Research & Learning Services, Olin Library, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY  USA

The Southern Poverty Law Center researched and produced a video "The Miseducation of Dylann Roof" explaining:

"How did Dylann Roof go from being someone who was not raised in a racist home to someone so steeped in white supremacist propaganda that he murdered nine African Americans during a Bible study?"

Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School of Communication.