1. Use Tin Eye reverse image search (tineye.com) to determine if this photo of Donald Trump’s parents wearing Ku Klux Klan robes is real or fake. Explain your reasoning and the steps you took reach your answer. What are your sources, and how do you know they are reliable?
2. Read a tweet by President Trump and evaluate it. Is it true or false? How did you go about doing your research? What are your sources, and how do you know they are reliable?
Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?
3. In June 2020, the following image, which compares Trump to Hitler, began circling social media. Is this image of Hitler real or fake? Explain your reasoning and the steps you took to reach your answer. What are your sources, and how do you know they are reliable?
4. Provide a link to an online advertisement that caught your eye recently. Why did this ad appeal to you? Do you consider it to be truthful or deceptive, perhaps because it invokes an informal fallacy? What effect do you think the advertisement had on you?
5. People say incorrect things online all the time, but you can’t respond to them all. How do you decide which false claims to respond to on social media and which to let stand?
6. When you respond to someone on social media, how do you decide whether to respond publicly or privately? What are the general guidelines you follow, even if they are self-imposed?
7. For much of this conversation, we’ve focused on posts and articles, but let’s not forget about memes. What is the value of memes — in other words, what can memes do that articles can’t? Finally, share a meme that made you laugh or think about something in a new way.