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My keynote to the JEAA annual conference on December 3, 2013, in Mooloolaba. Based on research for my forthcoming book, Tell Everyone: How what we share shapes what we know
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When facts are fluid
Emerging best practices to verify information on social media
Alfred HermidaUniversity of British Columbia@hermida
JEAA, December 3, 2013Photo: Robert Cromahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/croma/
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Verification:The essence of journalismKovach and Rosenstiel, 2001
Photo: Ines Njers http://www.flickr.com/photos/inesnjers/
Accuracy:A persistent issue
Systemic verificationMessage-based analysisUser-based analysisTopic-based analysisPropagation-based analysis
Systemic verificationMessage-based analysisUser-based analysisTopic-based analysisPropagation-based analysis
Fake!
Systemic verificationMessage-based analysisUser-based analysisTopic-based analysisPropagation-based analysis
BBC golden rule Contact the source
Photo: Rebecca Hildreth http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebeccahildreth/
Surge of new Twitter accounts
Systemic verificationMessage-based analysisUser-based analysisTopic-based analysisPropagation-based analysis
Photo: Mack Male http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastermaq/
London riots:Social mediablamed
Photo: Claudio Jofré Larenas http://www.flickr.com/photos/nazgulhead/
Questioning messages
Systemic verificationMessage-based analysisUser-based analysisTopic-based analysisPropagation-based analysis
Photo: Rebecca Hildreth http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebeccahildreth/
Speed of diffusion
Photo: Martha Coakley http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcoakley/
Spotting dirty tricks
Sorting fact from fiction
Photo: Patrick Hoesly http://www.flickr.com/photos/zooboing/
Thank you