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News for the Y-lineParents and students, here is the first of a four-part series on “How to Differentiate Fake News from Real News”.?Part 1:The next time you are searching online, ask yourself: is the information current? Look for the latest update typically found at the very top or bottom of the webpage.? Use the “Tools- Anytime” feature in Google?to retrieve information from the past 24 hours, day, week, month or year. You can also create a specific time frame by scrolling to “custom range”, inserting your preferred dates “from and to” and click on “go” or use the calendar provided.Part 2:“How to Differentiate Fake News from Real News” Our questions areWho wrote the article?Does the address of the business/university truly exist?Check the status of the author by doing a Google search…look for the following:Is the author a professor? Check the university to see if the author is on the faculty. PhD or MD? Check the business website and read their bio, holistic? Specialist? General practitioner? Does the address of the business/university truly exist?Does the individual have a Linked IN account? Can you locate two or more articles corroborating similar information on the author? Part 3 “How to Differentiate Fake News from Real News” The focus of our next question will be, “Is the website reliable”? While researching, look for the following:Are there grammatical errors?Are the graphics accurate or of good quality? (yes, could be a judgement call)At this point in the life of a student or parent if the information “sounds hinky” trust your judgment and check it out. “.edu” website is often recommended by teachers, however, students ranging from elementary to PhD candidates can potentially use the school’s server to publish an online paper that “looks good” but ask yourself, was the paper approved first?Also, “.org” and “.com” sites” are usually recommended with caution since they are commercial or from a specific organization and could possibly be biased. Are they a viable unbiased site? Do your research!Part 4 “How to Differentiate Fake News from Real News”Our final question to tackle for the researcher is, “What is the purpose of the article”? Was the article written to entertain, inform or persuade an individual? If you think the article is biased, check it against one of these suggested sites that are supposedly unbiased: As a researcher it is your job to question each site/article; if unsure of any of the above suggested sites, go to the “contact us” or “about us” links. Check out the funding link (are they biased because of large financial donations made in behalf of a company who has definite viewpoint one way or the other??). Using all four major points while searching online will help our students in determining fake news from real news. Assistance is available in the library for all of our student researchers. ................
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