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Fake News
Graphic source (Version 4.0) https://www.adfontesmedia.com/
Graphic source: http://earthsky.org/human-world/fake-news-mar-2018-article-science-calling-for-studies
Graphic source: http://www.journalism.org/2016/12/15/many-americans-believe-fake-news-is-sowing-confusion/
Graphic source: https://www.statista.com/chart/14265/where-exposure-to-fake-news-is-highest/
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"Health-related misconceptions, misinformation, and disinformation spread
over social media, posing a threat to public health. Despite significant potential to enable dissemination of factual information,social media are frequently abused to spread harmful health content, including unverified and
erroneous information about vaccines."
Source: http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/i/today/z_creative/WeaponizedHealthCommunicationDavid%20BFULLSTUDY.PDF
4 reasons fake news tricks us and what we can do 6/2018 Top 10 sites to debunk Internet hoaxes All Generalizations are False Advances in artificial intelligence could soon make creating convincing fake audio and video – known as “deepfakes” – relatively easy. 1/2019 Biggest Fake News Stories of 2017 Better online tools give you more ways to check fake news 5/2018 Detecting fake news, at its source 10/2018 Sciencedaily.com Detecting fake news at its source 10/2018 MIT.edu Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News 6/2018 Evaluating Websites: Identifying Fake News Sources Guidance for selecting the best sites for your research needs Fake News, Bad Science, and Predatory Journals: Information Evaluation for the Academic: Fake News SCSU Library Fake News: Lies spread faster on social media than truth does People are quicker to repeat something that's wrong than something that's true 3/2018 Fake News Sources Current to May 16, 2017 Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science Fake news invades science and science journalism as well as politics 12/2016 Fake news more likely to thrive online due to lowered fact-checking 9/2017 Fake news problem: Facebook is a media company run by engineers 11/2017 How fake news is changing the internet The tools we all use for knowledge, communication and business are being re-engineered to stop disinformation. Is our loss of control worth it? 1/2019 How to quickly spot dodgy science How to spot fake news in your social media feed - Are you sharing fake news without knowing it? 3/2018 How to spot fake reviews on Amazon Real or complete nonsense? Here's how to tell if an Amazon review is fake 6/2018 How to spot it lies, 'fake news' and propaganda 12/2016 Internet trolls rely on social defaults, the online version of herd mentality 11/2017 Is fact-checking fake news a waste of time? 7/2017 It's not just politics: 2016 was an epidemic year for fake news in science, too 1/2017 Joke Science Papers Get Less Funny Every Year 12/2016 Junk Food and Junk News: The Case for Information Fitness 6/2018 Literallyunbelievable.org Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion 12/2016 Media Bias Chart How Ad Fontes Ranks News Sources - ad fontes media 9/2018 Medical research coverage often contains too few independent, conflict-free comments 12/2016 PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle 4/2017 Protecting the Value of Medical Science in the Age of Social Media and “Fake News” 11/2018 Standard Eurobarometer 83 State of the News Media - Data and trends about key sectors in the U.S. news media industry Tackling online disinformation: Commission proposes an EU-wide Code of Practice 4/2018 The digital transformation of news media and the rise of online disinformation 4/2018 The Ethics of Ironic Science in Its Search for Spoof The Ethics of Sarcastic Science 12/2014 The Future of Truth and Misinformation Online 10/2017 Therapeutic Touch Pseudoscience: The Tooth Fairy Strikes Again Therapy Babble - Hyperbolic, messy, pseudoscientific theories about therapy are all too common 6/2015 The science of fake news gets a boost 3/2018 The science of fake news 3/2018 The spread of true and false news online 3/2018 Time for change in science journalism? 12/2016 Tineye Reverse Image Source Vanity and predatory academic publishers are corrupting the pursuit of knowledge Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate AJPH 8/2018 Websites that Post Fake and Satirical Stories What is 'fake news,' and how can you spot it? Try our quiz Who spreads fake news? Overwhelmingly, old white men Analysis of 2016 Presidential election Facebook posts found most people didn’t fall for made-up stories, but elderly conservative males were a significant exception. 1/2019 Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think 2/2019 Why technology alone won't save us from fake news Why we're susceptible to fake news, how to defend against it 8/2018
General Resources
Authorship
Graphic source: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1616595
Blogging
Graphic source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/infographic-wordpress-website-maintenance-checklist/
Graphic source: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/blogging-tactics-produce-results-data
Copywriting
Editing
E-Mail
Graphic source: http://www.gfi.com/blog/survey-81-of-u-s-employees-check-their-work-mail-outside-work-hours/
Graphic source: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/personal-vs-corporate-email-the-security-threats-differ-says-google/
ePrivacy
E-Readers
Expressive Writing/Journaling/Keeping A Diary
Grammar & Punctuation
"...a sloppy manuscript or poor grammar can be a warning sign of bad science." (Source: How to quickly spot dodgy science;
https://theconversation.com/how-to-quickly-spot-dodgy-science-65160)
Graphic source:
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Grant Resources & Opportunities (& Grant Writing)
Journaling
Graphic source: http://www.dailydot.com/via/i-lived-by-ben-franklin-schedule/
Journalism
Graphic source: http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-weaponized-social-media-is-crippling-democracy-and-why-were-helpless-to-stop-it/
Letter Writing
Linguistics
Microsoft Word Help
Patient Education Materials
Plagiarism
Readability Resources
Resources
Scientific Publishing
Spelling
Graphic source: http://www.vividmaps.com/2017/05/americas-most-misspelled-words.html
Graphic source: https://www.grammarcheck.net/writing-mistakes-native-speakers/
Using Templates
Vocabulary
Graphic source: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/worst-buzzwords-new-data
Writing Guides
Writing Press Releases
Writing for the Web (Content marketing)
Graphic source: http://www.marketingcharts.com/online/content-marketing-research-reports-videospodcasts-said-effective-but-difficult-68494/attachment/ascend2-effective-difficult-content-types-june2016/
Graphic source: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/perfectionism-streamlined-writing-process
Graphic source: https://www.grammarcheck.net/simple-writing-tips/
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