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A short presentation on how to teach middle and high schoolers how to verify the authenticity of images in the digital age.
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Fact-checking Photos in the Digital Age
Mary OwenChicago Program Manager
April 8 2014
Essential Questions
• How can students know what to believe?
• What challenges and opportunities do the Internet and digital media create?
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
2. Seeing is believing…
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
2. Seeing is believing…or is it?– Digital images can be easily manipulated
Seeing is believing…or is it?
Digital images can be easily manipulated
1. Photos quickly convey all kinds of information
2. Seeing is believing…or is it?• Digital images can be easily manipulated
3. This is a CHALLENGE in the digital age, BUT there are OPPORTUNITIES online to fact-check.
Photos = Clues
Fact-checking my Facebook feed
Tools
1. Google Reverse Image Search
Tools
1. Google Reverse Image Search
2. www.TinEye.com
Google Reverse Image Search
Google Reverse Image Search
Google Reverse Image Search
Google Reverse Image Search:Pasting image URL
Google Reverse Image Search:
Uploading an imageSometimes you may need to save the image itself—for example, if the photo is on Facebook.
Google Chrome Shortcut
Google Reverse Image Search: The Results
Analyzing the results
Samsung pays Apple $1B in coins:True or false?
Analyzing the results
Samsung pays Apple $1B in coins:Getting closer to the original source
Analyzing the results
Mark Zuckerberg weighs in on Brazilian protests? True or false?
Analyzing the results
Mark Zuckerberg weighs in on Brazilian protests? Clue #1 debunks this …
Analyzing the resultsMark Zuckerberg weighs in on Brazilian protests?Go to the SOURCE: Facebook.com
Questions to ask
• Who posted this picture?
Questions to ask
• Who posted this picture?• Are there obvious signs of
manipulation?
Questions to ask
• Who posted this picture?• Are there obvious signs of
manipulation?• What does the metadata say? (EXIF
Data)http://exifdata.com/
Questions to ask
• Who posted this picture?• Are there obvious signs of manipulation?• What does the metadata say? (EXIF Data)
http://exifdata.com/1.Data embedded in images can usually tell you what device a photo was taken2.If taken on a mobile device, this data often contains a timestamp and a “geo-tag” 3.Lack of information can also be information
• Photos should include the following information:
• Photos should include the following information:– The name of the photographer
• Photos should include the following information:– The name of the photographer–Whether the image came from an
organization or individual
• Photos should include the following information:– The name of the photographer–Whether the image came from an
organization or individual–When and where the photo was taken
• Photos should include the following information:– The name of the photographer–Whether the image came from an
organization or individual–When and where the photo was taken–Whether the image is an ILLUSTRATION
Illustration by Bloomberg
Other things to consider when looking at images
Other things to consider when looking at images
• CONTEXT
Other things to consider when looking at images
• CONTEXT
• CROPPING
Other things to consider when looking at images
• CONTEXT
• CROPPING
• FAIRNESS
In the classroom …
In the classroom …
Activity: Photo Friday
In the classroom …
Activity: Photo Friday
o CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6-12.7Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
