2024 Voter Guide

Learn to inoculate yourself from misinformation by understanding how it is spread. 

There are 3 types of misinformation often spread during election season:

1. Tricks of Context:  

Sources spreading misinformation will often edit a real image, video, or audio clip to change its original meaning and intention. 

If you see something that evokes an emotional response or is made to ridicule, check with other reputable sources to ensure that you are getting the whole story.

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2. Fabricated Content: 

Sources spreading misinformation will sometimes completely create false information through a made up image, video, or audio clip. 

Check to make sure what you are seeing, listening or reading about is accurate by checking with a variety of news sources. If they are not reporting the same thing, it's likely a fake. 

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3. Manipulated Content:

Sometimes a source will take a real image, video, or audio clip and change it to spread false information in order to manipulate you into thinking something about a candidate or event. 

If you see something that seems outlandish or upsetting, it could have been manipulated. Use reverse image on Google or fact checking sites to see if it has been debunked. 

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For more information check out these sources:

News Literacy Misinformation Dashboard: Election Dashboard and  RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project