Internet = True ??
When can you trust what you find on the internet?
Ask yourself...
1. Is it easy to publish content on the internet?
2. What criteria will help evaluate web sites?
3. Will applying these criteria help find trustworthy and useful sites?
Case Study #1: Hurricane Sandy Images - Are they real?
Frankenstorm photos
As the hurricane originally dubbed "Frankenstorm" dumps water throughout the Northeast, the Internet has been similarly flooded with "amazing" pictures of the storm that are truly too good to be true.
This photo was retweeted thousands of times. Unfortunately, the picture is not from Hurricane Sandy, but rather from a tornado warning last year. Originally appearing in this Wall Street Journal article, the photo was taken through a tinted window by a finance professional named Charles Menjivar.