How to Fight "Fake News"
Dear Listeners, Researchers have spent decades trying to understand how such misinformation (fake news) spreads and, now, a review of their work offers new guidance for the journalists, fact-checkers and others working to find, and defend, the truth. In a report published last week <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617714579> in Psychological Science, a team of academics reviewed two decades of research to better understand how to effectively debunk misinformation. In the end, they found eight worthwhile studies, with more than 6,800 participants. Link <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/business/media/fight-fake-news.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits> Best, Joash Moitui joash.moitui@gmail.com about.me/jmoitui
Joash Asante. Much appreciated. Wish we could have access to that research though.. :-) *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Joash Moitui via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Is the use of watermarks on online documents a sustainable way of fighting fake news? I.e, If info from Council of Governors, to have its watermark? On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
-- Anyega M Jefferson jeffersonanyega@gmail.com 0703824326 Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.
We have people who can still fake watermarks. Why not do the IT way and use digital signatures that are harder to fake? Regards, Alex From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of anyega jefferson via kictanet Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:26 AM To: awatila@yahoo.co.uk Cc: anyega jefferson <jeffersonanyega@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] How to Fight "Fake News" Is the use of watermarks on online documents a sustainable way of fighting fake news? I.e, If info from Council of Governors, to have its watermark? On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: Joash Asante. Much appreciated. Wish we could have access to that research though.. :-) Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Joash Moitui via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: Dear Listeners, Researchers have spent decades trying to understand how such misinformation (fake news) spreads and, now, a review of their work offers new guidance for the journalists, fact-checkers and others working to find, and defend, the truth. In a report published last week <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617714579> in Psychological Science, a team of academics reviewed two decades of research to better understand how to effectively debunk misinformation. In the end, they found eight worthwhile studies, with more than 6,800 participants. Link <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/business/media/fight-fake-news.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits> Best, Joash Moitui joash.moitui@gmail.com <mailto:joash.moitui@gmail.com> about.me/jmoitui <http://about.me/jmoitui> _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. <http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=dcdaa3b0-20aa-49b5-c8e9-5e215ff4ad12&ti=undefined> _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jeffersonanyega%40gmai... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Anyega M Jefferson jeffersonanyega@gmail.com <mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com> 0703824326 Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com
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