DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TIP OF THE WEEK

Remember to STOP and think about the information. Ask some questions:

• Who is behind the information?
• What's the evidence?
• What do other sources say
• Why is the information posted?

False!

According to snopes.com,

“The dolphins shown in the video, it turns out, were not swimming in the iconic canals of Venice, but off the coast of Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. Dolphin sightings in that area are not a new phenomenon, as a 2017 video demonstrates.”

National Geographic also reported:

“The phenomenon highlights how quickly eye-popping, too-good-to-be-true rumors can spread in times of crisis. People are compelled to share posts that make them emotional. When we’re feeling stressed, joyous animal footage can be an irresistible salve. The spread of social phenomena is so powerful, 2016 research shows, that it can follow same models that trace the contagion of epidemics.”

https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

https://cor.stanford.edu/about/

Bias:

A judgment based on a personal point of view.

• Why is this information posted?

• Is the content sponsored or is the author making money?

• Is the website or post trying to persuade you about an issue or idea?

If you’re unsure if something is true, do your fact-checking!

Just because someone you know and like personally is posting something, it doesn’t make it true information!

Here is the link to last week's tip: Balance Time Online with Offline Time

https://www.smore.com/a9jbe

Digital Citizenship Tips Created By:

Kathy Lester, East MS, katherine.lester@pccs12.com

Gwenn Marchesano, Pioneer MS, gwenn.marchesano@pccsk12.com

Library Media Specialists, Plymouth Canton Community Schools

Email: katherine.lester@pccsk12.com
Website: http://bit.ly/eastmslib
Phone: 000