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Bibliographies (C=Consumer CL=Checklists G=Guide S=Scholarly)

Information Quality Resources on the Internet
List of resources

http://www.llrx.com/features/informationqualityresources.htm
(CL) Evaluating Web Sites for Use
Five Indicators for Assessing the Quality of a Webpage

http://library.oakland.edu/tutorials/evalweb/index.htm
(G) Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet

http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/
(G) Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
(G) How to Identify High Quality Websites
Links to other recommended sites, most of which are .edu sites

http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/identifying-quality-websites.html
(G) Internet Detective: Wise up to the Web
Focus: Develop crtitical thinking skills for college and university students

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
(G) VLIB Center of Excellence for Evaluating Information Quality
Directory of sites for evaluation, development, and administration of high quality sites

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.html
(S) Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools (Focus on Context)

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html
The Debunking Handbook
"practical guidelines on the most effective ways of reducing the influence of myths"

http://www.skepticalscience.com/docs/Debunking_Handbook.pdf
How Credible Is Information on the Web

http://eprints.rclis.org/23451/1/How%20Credible%20is%20Information%20on%20the%20Web.pdf
Information Quality Resources and Expert Resources
Marcus P. Zillman

http://www.llrx.com/features/information-quality-resources-and-expert-resources.htm
Google Search Quality Guidelines
March 2016 Guidelines

http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf

Evaluation of Digital Media

Principles for a New Media Literacy
Provides principles of media evaluation

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Principles%20for%20a%20New%20Media%20Literacy_MR.pdf
6 Ways to Tell If a Viral Story Is a Hoax
"Easy ways to educate yourself amid ever-growing sea of digital media"

http://time.com/4042799/hoax-filter/
Humans Are Easily Fooled by Digital Images

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1509.05301v1.pdf
Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors
"Snopes.com's updated guide to the internet's clickbaiting, news-faking."

http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/
6 Quick Ways to Spot Fake News

http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/21/6-quick-ways-spot-fake-news/
How to verify images like a pro with Google Earth
Google Earth features, "can help you confirm the location of an eyewitness."

http://firstdraftnews.com/resource/how-to-verify-images-like-a-pro-with-google-earth/

Directory of Kid-safe Sites to Evaluate

Fake Websites and Spoof Sites

http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm
Fake Websites: social, political, religious, tourism

http://www.philb.com/fakesites2.htm

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTCHA - A program to protect websites against bots by generating tests that humans can pass but computer programs cannot.

http://www.captcha.net/

Cloning (Select the Real (?) Site)

Raelian Movement
``Messages given to Rael by our human Creators from space``

http://www.rael.org/
GenoChoice: Create You Own Genetically Healthy Child Online
``You can even specifically choose genes that may determine favorable characteristics in your child.``

http://www.genochoice.com
American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds)
Fringe anti-LGBT group

https://www.acpeds.org/

Evaluate These Pages

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
``an unbiased data clearinghouse and a forum for public discussion about the controversy surrounding dihydrogen monoxide``

http://www.dhmo.org/
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/treeoctopus.html

Educational Institutions

Evaluating Medical Information

Evaluating Internet Health Information: Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html
RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center

http://www.rythospital.com/
Evaluating Web-Based Health Resources
Evaluation of complimentary and/or alternative medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/
Brokers of junk science?
Critical Reviews in Toxicology and Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology: misleading, industry-backed articles

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/18/19307/brokers-junk-science
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth
Evaluate - American Academy of Pediatrics vs American College of Pediatricians

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/02/why-students-cant-google-their-way-to.html

How Do People Evaluate a Web Site’s Credibility?

College Student's Credibility Judgements in the Information Seeking Process
College students "often compromised information credibility for speed and convenience."

http://rieh.people.si.umich.edu/papers/rieh_credibility_chapter3.pdf
Transcript from "Trust or Consequence: The Web's Reputation at Risk"
2005 Report

http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/conferences-trust-princeton.cfm
“OF COURSE IT’S TRUE; I SAW IT ON THE INTERNET!” Critical Thinking in the Internet Era
"Many students have difficulty recognizing trustworthy."

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2003/5/6838-of-course-its-true-i-saw-it-on-the-internet/abstract
How Do You Know That? An Investigation of Student Research Practices in the Digital Age

http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ825206
Trust Online: Young Adults' Evaluation of Web Content
"the process by which users arrive at a site is an important component of how they judge the site"

http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/636/423
The Debunking Handbook
"practical guidelines on the most effective ways of reducing the influence of myths"

http://www.skepticalscience.com/docs/Debunking_Handbook.pdf
Knowledge-Based Trust: Estimating the Trustworthiness of Web Sources
"Quality assessment for web sources has been evaluated using exogenous signals such as hyperlinks and browsing history."

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03519v1.pdf
Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content
"Student's blindly trusting the search engine to put the most reliable results first.”

http://webuse.org/pdf/HargittaiEtAlTrustOnlineIJoC10.pdf
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth
Compare American College of Pediatricians and American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/02/why-students-cant-google-their-way-to.html

Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab

Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
See how Facebook and Twitter modules

http://captology.stanford.edu/
What makes a website credible?
PowerPoint Presentation

http://captology.stanford.edu/resources/what-makes-a-website-credible.html
What Makes a Website Credible?
A Two-Week Learning Module

http://captology.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Web-credibility-module-outline.pdf
Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility
Creator - B. J. Fogg

http://credibility.stanford.edu/guidelines/index.html
Lateral Reading and the Nature of Expertise
"Historians and students often fell victim to ..."

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:yk133ht8603/Wineburg%20McGrew_Lateral%20Reading%20and%20the%20Nature%20of%20Expertise.pdf

Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard)

Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information Quality
how "age 18 & under search for information online, how they evaluate information"

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2005272
From Credibility to Information Quality
Inforgraphic jpg

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/youthandmediaalpha/files/2012/02/Youth-and-Media_Infor-Graphic.jpg

K-12

Internet Detective Online Tutorial for Students

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
Researchers Find Kids Need Better Online Academic Skills
UCONN Neag School of Education

http://advance.uconn.edu/2006/061113/06111308.htm

Traceroute: Track the Data Path from Server to a Computer

Trace Route.org

http://www.traceroute.org/#USA
Central Ops.net

http://centralops.net/co/

URL Decoders

Hex URL Decoder

http://www.wight.info/iwindex/hexform.htm

Watchdog Sites

Accuracy in Media
"a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media"

http://www.aim.org/
Regret The Error
Corrections, retractions, clarifications, & trends regarding accuracy in media

http://www.regrettheerror.com/
Journalism.org
State of the News Media 2007: ``Answer Culture in journalism``

http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2005/index.asp
Credential Watch
"guide to health-related education and training"

http://www.credentialwatch.org
The Future of Fact Checking
Will the web’s decentralization of media authority weaken our ability to fact-check?

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2009/03/06/the-future-of-fact-checking/
Snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com
Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors
Snopes.com's updated guide to the internet's clickbaiting, news-faking."

http://www.snopes.com/2016/01/14/fake-news-sites/
Politicact.com
"project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
Mapping the Mal Web: The world’s riskiest domains
Malware Top Level Domains

http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/local/docs/MTMW_Report.pdf
Research Clinic
"Investigative research links and articles"

http://researchclinic.net/
SourceWatch
From the Center for Media and Democracy (http://www.prwatch.org/cmd)

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SourceWatch

Article about Watchdog Sites

The Government Domain: Political Fact-Checking Websites
Reviews FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and The Fact-Checker.com.

http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain38.htm

Fact Check.org and Flack Check.org

Fact Check.org
"aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics."

http://www.factcheck.org/
Fact Check Ed.org
Lesson plans that "focus on reasoning, critical thinking, sourcing, politics, communications, advertising, current events."

http://factchecked.org/
Flack Check.org
"recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular."

http://www.flackcheck.org

Wayback Machine: Internet Archive

Wayback Machine

http://www.archive.org/
Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php

Website Evaluation Exercise

Autism.org
Site to be evaluated

www.GlobalAutismCollaboration.com
Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility
Evaluate Autism.org using these guidelines.

http://credibility.stanford.edu/guidelines/index.html

Website Monitoring

Google Alerts

http://www.google.com/alerts
TrackEngine

http://www.trackengine.com/servlets/com.nexlabs.trackengine.ui.Login
WatchThatPage

http://www.watchthatpage.com/
WebSite-Watcher

http://www.aignes.com/

Who Is Checks (D=Domain Name Lookup L=Lesson Plan R=Report)

(D) Allwhois

http://allwhois.com/
(D) Central Ops.net

http://centralops.net/co/
(D) DNS 411 (Use NSLOOKUP to locate numeric IP address for a website.)

http://dns411.com/
(D) DNS Stuff

http://www.dnsstuff.com/
(D) Domain Tools (Features webpage graphic with list of meta tags)

http://www.domaintools.com/
(D) Easy Who Is.com

http://www.easywhois.com
(L) Web Wise by Who-ising (Lesson Plan on Conducting WhoIs Checks)

http://www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf03/webwise.pdf
(R) ICANN-Accredited Registrars for Top Level Domains

http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html
(R) Prevalence of False Contact Information for Registered Domain Names (GAO Report)

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06165.pdf
PCNames Domain Searching

http://www.pcnames.com
Who is hosting this?
Discover Who Hosts a Website

http://whoishostingthis.com

Social Networking Sites

Job Screening with Social Networking Sites
Shows why a candidate was rejected

http://reppler.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/reppler-infographic-job-screening-with-social-networks2.jpg

Martin Luther King.org and Jew Watch.com

Wall Street Journal on Google and JewWatch.com

http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/000584.html
Jew Watch, Google, and Search Engine Optimization

http://sethf.com/anticensorware/google/jew-watch.php
Google Search Ranking of Hate Sites Not Intentional
“The ranking of Jewwatch ... the links to and from the site"

http://www.adl.org/rumors/google_search_rumors.asp

Links to Jew Watch from Law Schools and Law Reviews

Specific Sites Excluded from Google.fr and/or Google.de
Harvard

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google/results1.html
Links: Google's Censorship Policies Questioned
Yale

http://lawmeme.research.yale.edu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1436
The Google Dilemma
New York

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1160320
INTERMEDIARIES AND HATE SPEECH: FOSTERING DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP FOR OUR INFORMATION AGE
Boston University

www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/.../journals/.../CITRONandNORTON.pdf
The BirdMan Website - John Birdman Bryant
List of Holocaust revisionist sites

http://loveforlife.com.au/content/08/07/04/birdman-website-john-birdman-bryant-providing-enormous-array-holocaust-revisionist-

Google's Checklist

What counts as a high-quality site?
From Amit Sengal

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ca/2011/05/more-guidance-on-building-high-quality.html
A Simple Rubric for Determining Website Credibility
PDF - https://gdcf-0916001bcltd.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/web-rubric.jpg

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/rubric-website-credibility

Social Media and Factual Truth

(false OR fake) AND information AND twitter AND filetype:pdf

https://goo.gl/ni9h8b
A Tempest in a Teacup? Analyzing Firestorms on Twitter
" firestorms neither emerge from existing networks, nor do they result in lasting changes to social structure"

http://www.pfeffer.at/papers/ASONAM_Firestorms.pdf
Analyzing Fake Content on Twitter

http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/Publications_files/ecrs2013_ag_hl_pk.pdf
Characterizing and Identifying Fake Images on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy

http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/_file_directory_/papers/677.pdf
In the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Twitter Was Full of Lies

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-wake-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing-twitter-was-full-of-lies-5294419/?no-ist
Information Credibility on Twitter

http://ra.ethz.ch/CDstore/www2011/proceedings/p675.pdf
intitle:twitter AND (misinformation OR disinformation) AND filetype:pdf (Search run in Google Scholar)

https://goo.gl/vOkffJ
intitle:twitter AND (misinformation OR disinformation) AND filetype:pdf

https://goo.gl/Yog4jo
t factor: A metric for measuring impact on Twitter
"There is evidence that Tweeting scholars take citations from Twitter seriously, both in creating and reading them."

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1508/1508.02179.pdf
The Evolving Role of News on Twitter and Facebook
Source: Pew Center

http://www.journalism.org/files/2015/07/Twitter-and-News-Survey-Report-FINAL2.pdf
Tweet, but Verify: Epistemic Study of Information Verification on Twitter

http://nlp.cs.rpi.edu/paper/tweetverify.pdf
Twitter and Rumor Theory

https://goo.gl/QXNiio
Twitter Under Crisis: Can we trust what we RT?

http://snap.stanford.edu/soma2010/papers/soma2010_11.pdf
UK: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report
UK digital native report

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/children-parents-nov-15/childrens_parents_nov2015.pdf
Why Students Share Misinformation on Social Media: Motivation, Gender, and Study-level Differences
Not full text

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133315001494

First Draft News

First Draft News
Essential newsgathering and verification resources for journalists

http://firstdraftnews.com/
About First Draft News

http://firstdraftnews.com/about/
Verifying photos and videos

http://firstdraftnews.com/are-you-a-journalist-download-this-free-guide-for-verifying-photos-and-videos/
Resources
Social Newsgathering, Verification, Ethics & Law, & Further Reading

http://firstdraftnews.com/resources/