Crap Detection

Joseph Reagle

Have you seen this?

Like-baiting

“Like if you respect him”; “Like if you care for the dog.”

Not novel

Google bomb was a thing in 2006

Wikipedia evaluation

Verifiability

History

Web credibility

Triangulation

  • Lopsan: “källkritik”

Remember: SSL…

… tells you if your connection to the site is secure, but does not say whether the content is reliable.

MLK

A True Historical Examination,” was a top result for “Martin Luther King Jr.” on Google for many years (Rheingold 2009). It is blocked on campus?

Credibility of claims??

Your detective work (wikis & responses)

Tip: Search shortcuts

Conclusion

You are now a Google expert

Questions?

Review

Consider

You are considering the trustworthiness of a Web page, how might you triangulate its credibility?