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Media, Myths, and Misinformation
A Chemistry/Government Experiment in Calling BS
Catherine Cresson
Lucy Bernick
Carolyn Thompson Tapp
Lucy Bryan
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Comparison of Student News Sources
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Chemistry & Government have a big problem!
MISINFORMATION
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“Our aim in this course is to teach you how to think critically about the data and models that constitute evidence in the social and natural sciences.” - Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West
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“Bullshit involves language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to impress, overwhelm, or persuade presented with a blatant disregard for the truth, logical coherence, or what information is actually being conveyed.
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West
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“You can call bullshit on bullshit, but you can also call
bullshit on lies, treachery, trickery, or injustice.
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin WestCalling Bullshit (2016)
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Designing Our Co-Curricular BS Unit
Defined our essential questions
Wrote our standards
Defined our final “product”
Planned our lessons & divided up our time How do I know what to believe?
How do I take action based on my knowledge?
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Stanford History Education Group Study: November, 2016
Where are 0ur students?
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● How would you rank different sources of information?● How do you assess the quality of your sources?● Is the source biased?● Who decides what information the source provides?
The Pyramid of Sources
First published in 1880, Science is a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The journal publishes important original scientific research and news.
Twitter is a social networking site started in 2006. It lets people share short, 140 character messages with their followers. Users can also follow people and organizations they are interested in who use Twitter for quick updates.
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The Pyramid of Sources
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Preparing Our Students to Call BS
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Misleading Graphs
Preparing Our Students to Call BS
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A Game of Telephone
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The Backtracking Assignment
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The Backtracking AssignmentMy first steps:
- Check out the original article
- Explore the website the article came from: purewow.com
What I noticed:- PureWow is a
women’s lifestyle website
- 85% of PureWow’s revenue comes from ads
- The author is the website’s food and wellness director
My original image
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Student Created Infographics
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Student Created Infographics
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Connecting with the BS Guys on Twitter
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Our Students Skyping with the BS Guys
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Digital Portfolios & Reflections
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“The amount of energy necessary to
refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
Brandolini’s Asymmetry Principle
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Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West at the University of Washington (@calling_bull, callingbullshit.org)
Our Administration at Louise S. McGehee
Acknowledgements