Unit 4 Activity 1 – Misinformation online

I spent a lot of time making the infographic only to find out I had to pay to download it. If you’re having trouble reading, it the original can be viewed here

References:

Brown, S. (2022, January 5). Study: Digital literacy doesn’t stop the spread of misinformation.
MIT Sloan. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-digital-literacy-doesntstop-spread-misinformation

Church, Z. (Ed.). (2018, March 8). Study: False news spreads faster than the truth. MIT Sloan.
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-false-news-spreads-faster-truth

Pennycook, G., Epstein, Z., Mosleh, M., Arechar, A. A., Eckles, D., & Rand, D. G. (2021).
Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online. Nature, 592(7855), 590–595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03344-2

Perez Vallejos, E. (2019). Can we trust what we see online? Futurum Careers.
https://doi.org/10.33424/futurum21

Surlin, N., Epstein, Z., Arechar, A. A., & Rand, D. G. (2021, December 6). Digital literacy is
associated with more discerning accuracy judgments but not sharing intentions.
Misinformation Review. https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/digital-literacy-isassociated-with-more-discerning-accuracy-judgments-but-not-sharing-intentions/

Vosoughi, S., Roy, D., & Aral, S. (2018). The spread of true and false news online. Science,
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