Information Reliability

Copyright and the Law

Copyright - the exclusive rights and protection given to an author or creator of an original work

Copy free - A type of licensing that make the distribution of a piece of work available at no charge of commercial use

Trademark - A name, symbol, word, phrase, icons, etc. that is registered by the law to represent a company or a product and legally restricted to the use of owner/manufacturer

Creative commons - Organization that collects copy-free works, and distributes it; One of several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution

Royalty free - The right to use copyrighted material or property without needing to pay license charges for each use, per volume sold, or some time period of use, or sales

GNU licensed - A free software license that promotes the distribution of free works 


Public domain - Works that have no restrictions, and available or belonging to the public

Copyrighted = reliable
Copy free = question the reliability

Checking Your Sources

Here are a few tips for you to check whether information is hoax or not:

• Read the information twice or more
• Check to see who created it?
• When was it created?
• Why was it created?
• Are there any hidden message?
• What are their aims? Are they using omission (leaving important facts out)?
• Is the information biased?

Flotilla Homework

• Have you had a look on various sources to find out what Marc (Marc3pax) does?

                 - After watching the video, I did some research but I don't really know who he is, so I decided to read the comments below, and one of it says that Marc is an Israeli actor and his name is Omer Gershon. Other comments are saying that the information in the video is not true, its fake and the video is a racist propaganda.

• How does this video relate to the flotilla movement?

                - This video relate to the flotilla movement because Marc said that the flotilla movement is bad because it linked to Hamas.

• Is the video objective (based on facts; unbiased)?

               - No, its very biased because most of the information are not true, and he didn't provide any reliable sources. Also, he only talk about one side of the conflict, so the information is very biased.

• Is there evidence supporting Marc3pax's findings?

             - There were some evidences for what he said, such as videos and images, but most of his information are unsupported or biased.

The Flotilla Protests

List of people who could report about Flotilla Protests:

• Israeli media/ government/ citizens
• Palestinian media/ government/ citizens
• UN - United Nations
• United States media/ government
• Arab media
• American Jews
• Pacifist (people against war)/ Protestors/ Students
• Foreign journalists
• Zionists
• Hamas

Biased:

• Israeli media/ government
• Palestinian media/ government/ citizens
• United States media/ government
• American Jews 
• Pacifist/ Protestors/ Students
• Zionists
• Hamas

Objective (Fair):

• Israeli citizens
• UN - United Nations
• Arab media
• Pacifist/ Protestors/ Students
• Foreign journalists

Kony Letter

Critical Thinking - Kony 2012

Things that are true:

• Joseph Kony is at the top of the ICC list
• Kony kidnapped kids and turn them into child soldiers/ sex slaves
• Kony is a real character
• The "Cover the Night" is real
• Jason and the group had conversations with Congressmen

Things that are untrue:

• Kony's army is 30,000 people --> can't be accurate
• All of the money will go directly to Uganda