From Annenberg Classroom By Joe Miller, Ph.D.

“This lesson illustrates the potential pitfalls of Wikipedia. Drawing on two controversies – Stephen Colbert’s on-air altering of his own entry and his call for viewers to alter a second entry, and the false biography of John Seigenthaler – students will discuss the ease with which false or misleading information can be added to Wikipedia, and they’ll search Wikipedia entries for inaccuracies.”

http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/wikiality

tags: fake news, media literacy

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