{"id":4852,"date":"2023-03-23T23:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2023-03-23T23:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:43:48","slug":"misinformation-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/public-posts\/misinformation-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation Memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the fourth student-created assignment this semester, students chose a topic of historical misinformation, something about which there is evidence against a narrative or belief that is commonly held. \u00a0They then created a meme about it and created a blog post on their site explaining the meme, the sources they used to research it, and some reflections on their process. After \u201csemi-formal\u201d class presentations, we had a great discussion of why some misinformation persists, how easy it is to take sides that perpetuate misinformation, and what that means for understandings of authority, accuracy, and today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be clear (and the students want me to be clear) that in a number of these cases, the memes created are NOT the views of the creators, but explorations of misinformation-based viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/2023-assignments\/\"><b>Assignment 4<\/b><\/a><b> Topics<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0North Korea and World Cup Soccer (Bryan) Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFc7EBI3g4\/oEQfvk0l_tmPwOPuE1uQMA\/view?utm_content=DAFc7EBI3g4&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebutton\"><b>https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFc7EBI3g4\/oEQfvk0l_tmPwOPuE1uQMA\/view?utm_content=DAFc7EBI3g4&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebutton<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Misinformation surrounding spread of COVID (Grace) Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapwing.com\/videos\/64179ec3a2763100e885f894\"><b>https:\/\/www.kapwing.com\/videos\/64179ec3a2763100e885f894<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Watergate (Taylor) <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/hist427.tayelizacole.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/misinformation-watergate\/\"><b>http:\/\/hist427.tayelizacole.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/misinformation-watergate\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cHistorical\u201d beliefs in a flat Earth (Katherine) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/katherinerayhart.com\/assignment-4\/\"><b>https:\/\/katherinerayhart.com\/assignment-4\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vaccine Misinformation (Abby) <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/abigaildelapenha.com\/uncategorized\/misinformation-meme-assignment\/\"><b>http:\/\/abigaildelapenha.com\/uncategorized\/misinformation-meme-assignment\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Catherine the Great popular history (Garrett) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/garrettwelch.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/catherine-the-great-a-popular-history-of-misinformation\/\"><b>https:\/\/garrettwelch.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/catherine-the-great-a-popular-history-of-misinformation\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Climate Change (Eliza) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/elizavegas.com\/hist427\/history\/blog-9-3-22-23\/\"><b>https:\/\/elizavegas.com\/hist427\/history\/blog-9-3-22-23\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0George Washington\u2019s Teeth (Kendell) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kjenkinshistory.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/george-washingtons-teeth-meme-assignment\/\"><b>George Washington\u2019s Teeth (Meme Assignment) \u2013 jenkins history (umwsites.net)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Moon Landing (Katrina) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/katrinas.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/misinformation-meme\/\"><b>https:\/\/katrinas.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/misinformation-meme\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>King Leonidas fighting in the battle of Thermopylae with only 300 men. (Ruth) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rcblog.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/meme-creating\/\"><b>https:\/\/rcblog.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/22\/meme-creating\/<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Intentional spread of misinformation during WWII (Justin) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/justinblogpost.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/21\/wwii-misinformation-meme-crossing-the-atlantic\/\"><b>https:\/\/justinblogpost.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/21\/wwii-misinformation-meme-crossing-the-atlantic\/<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Joe Biden &amp; kamala harris(Sarah) <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/sblevins033.com\/information-age-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meme.jpg\"><b>http:\/\/sblevins033.com\/information-age-the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/meme.jpg<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bill Clinton (Darian) \u2014\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/darianjames.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/23\/meme-assignment\/\"><b>https:\/\/darianjames.umwsites.net\/2023\/03\/23\/meme-assignment\/<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pre-Columbian European Voyages (Madeleine) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/imgflip.com\/i\/7fhwjz\"><b>https:\/\/imgflip.com\/i\/7fhwjz<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the fourth student-created assignment this semester, students chose a topic of historical misinformation, something about which there is evidence against a narrative or belief that is commonly held. \u00a0They then created a meme about it and created a blog post on their site explaining the meme, the sources they used to research it, and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4853,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions\/4853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}