Information Literacy with Lauren Abdel-Razzaq (Digital Director - Detroit News)

Joining us for our final installment in this year's Information Literacy mini-series is journalist Lauren Abdel-Razzaq, Digital Director for The Detroit News. Lauren coordinates the team behind the Detroit News’ website, crafting the digital experience at DetroitNews.com; and she is also one of the voices behind the Detroit News on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. https://www.detroitnews.com/ 

 

We have a lot of links to everything we discussed in this episode, including the referenced examples of DEEP FAKES: 

Bill Hader’s face transforming as he impersonates others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPhUhypV27w&ab_channel=CtrlShiftFace

Jordan Peele makes an Obama deepfake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wLaJYBAm4&ab_channel=BBC

Mark Zuckerberg says he controls billions of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbedWhzx1rs&ab_channel=WashingtonPost

Nixon moon disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nD3zrMN47E&ab_channel=ScientificAmerican  

Bill Hader Deepfake

Keanu Reeves Deepfake

 

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And here are some resources for how to be your own fact-checker and a surveyor of potential visual fabrications on the internet. 

RESOURCES:

Washington Post Fact Checker guide on manipulated video: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/fact-checker/manipulated-video-guide/

 

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

 

Trusting News: https://trustingnews.org/

 

Gallup poll on media trust: https://news.gallup.com/poll/243665/media-trust-continues-recover-2016-low.aspx

 

American Press Institute trust on social media: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/trust-social-media/

Pew Research Center fake news: https://www.journalism.org/2019/06/05/many-americans-say-made-up-news-is-a-critical-problem-that-needs-to-be-fixed/

 

AP Fact check: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

 

Washington Post fact-checker: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/

 

Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/

 

Google Reverse Image Lookup: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN