Mis/Dis/Mal-information

23 Resources on Mis/Dis/Mal-information

There are several resources out there to help you combat mis/dis/mal-information. Some are tools that can help you check facts you see online and whether. There are even games here listed as from studies that show it might be even be a stronger way to inoculate against misinformation than graphics!


Resources

Tools and Databases

  • DeepFake-O-Meter: an open-access platform that integrates state-of-the-art, open-source research methods for detecting AI-generated content
  • DisinfoWatch: a leading Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform through an international network of information sources
  • Ethnic NewsWatch: a subscription-based platform capturing news publications from 1959 by and for ethnic and minority communities (note: institutional login required for access)
  • FactCheck.org: a site operated by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
  • Factiva: extensive access to news coverage from over 8000 sources, available from 118 countries in 22 languages. Company and industry information is also available. (note: only 10 users can be on this database at the same time!)
  • PolitiFact: a nonpartisan fact-check org that evaluates the accuracy of claims made by politicians, public figures, and media outlets in the US
  • Media Smarts Search Engine: from Canadian org Media Smarts search engine allows to search multiple fact-checkers websites and databases together, such as Snopes.com, Agence France Presse Canada, FactCheck.org, Washington Post Fact Checker, Associated Press Fact Checker, HoaxEye, and Les Decrypteurs (note: this is an example of lateral reading!) 
  • The Reporters’ Lab: center for journalism research at Duke University that focuses on fact-checking and public trust in media
  • Snopes: an independent, nonpartisan fact-checking org that investigates and verifies accuracy of rumors, urban legends, memes, and misinformation online
  • TinEye Reverse Image Search: search (privately and without data saved) where images appear online, can be installed as an extension in your browser
  • Ulrichsweb: a site that helps identify a source is a scholarly or non-scholarly source (note: institutional login required for access)

Guides, Projects, and Kits


Games

  • Bad News: Users can play as a fake news producer in this game to learn how bad actors manipulate people online (from DROG & University of Cambridge)
  • Bo$$BabyKoin: Users must fact-check a new cryptocurrency called Bo$$BabyKoin that their friend was enthusiastic about, though now has second thoughts as their parents go to the bank to invest their savings into it
  • Breaking Harmony Square: Users can play as a “Chief Disinformation Officer” and are tasked with operating an online disinformation campaign (from University of Cambridge & US Department of State partnerships)
  • Cranky Uncle: Users can practice building resilience to misinformation and understand why claims may resonate strongly with others in a simulation arguing with a family member believing in fake science
  • The Euphorigen Investigation: Users have 45 minutes to uncover information on a supplement called Euphorigen in whether it is as safe as its manufacturers claim.
  • Fakey: Users can play to see how susceptible they are to different ways news is presented online
  • The Galaxy: Users have under an hour to find out whether abuse allegations by management of their favourite KPOP boyband member is true before a protest campaign is launched
  • Spot the Troll: Users can quiz themselves on whether digital social media content they are shown are from a real social media account or a troll

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