SUNY Pre-Med Scholars
A guide for Pre-Med learners, with resources intented to provide support and guidance on your path to medical school
Information Types and Ways to Communicate
Sense-making online
How do you make sense of all the information you have access to online? How do you know what to believe? What to trust?
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5 Types of Misinformation (pdf)Describes the 5 main types of misinformation: satire, false context, imposter content, fabricated news, manipulated content (ex: deepfakes)
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Understanding Information DisorderArticle that discusses these types of information and includes really good real-life examples of each.
Website Verification Exercise
Reverse Image Search
Introducing SIFT
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SIFTSIFT is one of the quickest and most effective ways to evaluate content online and in social media.
Fakeout!
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Fakeout!Test your social media literacy skills.