Here are the links I mentioned today to those articles by Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic about verifying Superstorm Sandy photos shared on social networks:
- “Sorting the Real Sandy Photos from the Fake” — list of photos marked Fake or Real
- If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Subvert ‘Em: Countering Misinformation on the Viral Web — Madrigal’s account of the project to verify viral Sandy photos
Other links mentioned in class:
- Peter Norvig’s “undesigned” Presidential Election 2012 FAQ
- Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s site about Martha Ballard, a colonial midwife: Who Was Martha Ballard? and her book A Midwife’s Tale
- Old Mason library catalog and new experimental Mason Library catalog “inPrimo”
- Prezi presentation software
