Fake News

TED Talk titled "Beware Online 'Filter Bubbles'" by Eli Pariser, March 2011. He talks about the shift in the flow of information online, where relevance algorithms built into social media (like Facebook) and search engines (like Google) show you the news you want to see, creating a "filter bubble."

"Most Students Don't Know When News Is Fake" published by the Wall Street Journal in November 21, 2016. This was one of the first major news outlets to cover the results of the landmark Stanford University study wherein it was revealed that 82 percent of middle-school students surveyed could not tell the difference between a real news source and sponsored content on a web site (among other shocking findings).

Google Alerts are a great way to regularly monitor instances of your search terms in recent Google results. To set up Google Alerts about a topic (such as "fake news" or any other term or phrase), go to Google Alerts and sign in to your Google account. Then...

• Type your search term into the box that says "Create an alert about..."
• Click the "Show options" menu to customize your preferences (how often to receive alerts, which sources they will come from--News, Blogs, Web, etc.)
• Choose whether to have the alert sent to your Gmail address or an RSS feed account (if you have one)
• Click "Create Alert" and watch for them to come in!

EBSCOhost databases also offer an alert feature. Here is a brief video tutorial that shows how you can create your own EBSCO account to help you enjoy this personalized experience in all of their databases, including Academic Search Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Business Source Complete, and many more. Here is a brief video tutorial that shows you how to use your new EBSCO account to sign in and create alerts for search terms.