{"id":20550,"date":"2020-09-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=20550"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:48","slug":"disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/11\/disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation, misinformation, and fake news Teach-Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-200x133.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new Center for Academic Innovation Teach-Out, Ben Nimmo, director of investigations at&nbsp;Graphika, an online social media monitoring company, outlines tactics everyday people can use to anticipate, spot, and react to disinformation from potential \u201cthreat actors.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.umich.edu\/blog\/spotting-fake-news-ben-nimmo-disinformation-misinformation-fake-news-teach-out\/\">He calls it the \u201cFour D\u2019s\u201d \u2014 Dismiss, Distract, Distort, and Dismay.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/teach-outs\/free-speech-in-sport-teach-out\/?utm_source=blog-academic-innovation&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out\">Disinformation, Misinformation, and Fake News Teach-Out<\/a>&nbsp;helps people understand the difference between disinformation, misinformation, and fake news. Participants will better be able to understand the types of disinformation and how it is transmitted and received. They will also learn how to evaluate their own media consumption habits and combat disinformation in their everyday lives. The Teach-Out is available on both the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/disinformation-misinformation-fake-news?utm_source=blog-academic-innovation&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out\">Coursera<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/combating-disinformation-and-fake-news?utm_source=blog-academic-innovation&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out\">FutureLearn<\/a>&nbsp;platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Center for Academic Innovation Teach-Out, Ben Nimmo, director of investigations at&nbsp;Graphika, an online social media monitoring company, outlines tactics everyday people can use to anticipate, spot, and react to disinformation from potential \u201cthreat actors.\u201d He calls it the \u201cFour D\u2019s\u201d \u2014 Dismiss, Distract, Distort, and Dismay. The&nbsp;Disinformation, Misinformation, and Fake News Teach-Out&nbsp;helps people understand the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/11\/disinformation-misinformation-and-fake-news-teach-out\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[479,50],"class_list":["post-20550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-academic-innovation","tag-fake-news"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-200x133.png",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",600,399,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ben-nimmo-03-reedit-0-23-screenshot.png",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In a new Center for Academic Innovation Teach-Out, Ben Nimmo, director of investigations at&nbsp;Graphika, an online social media monitoring company, outlines tactics everyday people can use to anticipate, spot, and react to disinformation from potential \u201cthreat actors.\u201d He calls it the \u201cFour D\u2019s\u201d \u2014 Dismiss, Distract, Distort, and Dismay. 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