A POST-TRUTH WORLD

SURVIVAL GUIDE REBECCA K. MILLER ’04

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

1. STAY CALM

Know the lingo

What is it? What does it mean? Examples

Propaganda/Partisan

Used by groups to influence attitudes, values, and knowledge, often appeals to emotions

Publications that view issues through a particular lens, such as Mother Jones orNational Review

Clickbait Eye-catching, sensational, often misleading, drives ad revenue

Publications like Huffington Post

Satire Social commentary, varies in quality,intended meaning is not always apparent

Publications like The Onion

Misinformation Includes a mix of factual and false information, author be unaware content is false

Anywhere and everywhere

Pseudoscience Misrepresents real scientific studies, exaggerates claims, contradicts experts

Anywhere and everywhere

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

1. STAY CALM

Understand the evolution

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

1. STAY CALM

Recognize your own limits

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

2. SEEK HELP

Identify the resources

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

2. SEEK HELP

Build your skill set

Identify

Understand

Communicate

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

2. SEEK HELP

Talk with a professional

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

3. ADMINISTER THE ANTIDOTE

Be critical

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

3. ADMINISTER THE ANTIDOTE

Spread the word

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

3. ADMINISTER THE ANTIDOTE

Believe

PRESENTATION NAME | W&M WOMEN’S WEEKEND

Image Credits & Additional Resources

Slide 1: https://blog.hutong-school.com/china-survival-guide/Slide 2: http://blog.rbutr.com/2016/11/can-stop-calling-everything-disagree-fake-news-already/Slide 3: • https://infograph.venngage.com/p/212935/12-major-

landmarks-of-the-brain• https://www.freepik.com/free-icons/toolsSlide 5: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/yellow-journalism-the-fake-news-of-the-19th-century/Slide 6: https://www.mindful.org/the-antidote-to-cognitive-overload/Slide 9: https://www.wm.edu/about/visiting/campusmap/location/swem.phpSlide 10:• https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174• https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-

handbook-pdf/• https://newslit.org/7-steps/Slide 11: https://marketingland.com/talk-human-time-brands-get-real-145728Slide 12: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Do_It!

Fake News: A Library Resource Roundup: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/fake-news-library-round

Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era: https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/fake-news-and-alternative-facts-information-literacy-post-truth-era

How Fake News Breaks Your Brain: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-fake-news-breaks-your-brain-180963894/

The Long and Brutal History of Fake News: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/fake-news-history-long-violent-214535

The True History of Fake News: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/13/the-true-history-of-fake-news/

Posttruth, Truthiness, and Alternative Facts: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/692298