

Participants will be able to determine the appropriate contexts in which they can rely on reverse image search results and recognize how re-contextualizing an image with its original news event can help combat misinformation.

They will practice their skills by using tools such as Google Reverse Image Search and TinEye to identify an image’s timeline and source. Participants will learn how to verify news images by conducting a reverse image search. Claire Wardle at First Draft, available here.

This "Reverse Image Search" learning experience is inspired by the “Quick Start To Verifying Online Media” and “Verification Training For Journalists” courses by Dr. This learning experience has been created by Youth and Media and is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionShareAlike 4.0 International license. This learning experience includes an activity and assignment that require computers or mobile devices with Internet access and an offline discussion.Īdditional areas: Civic and Political Engagement, Content Production, Context, Data, Media (Literacy)
