Hi All,
Here's a short two-pager that might be a useful discussion starter that first day of the new academic year.  There are a couple of good (informative, provocative, and short) videos linked to the PDF.

https://www.academia.edu/37276114/Astroturfing_Credibility

Use the URL to download "Astroturfing Credibility" from academia.edu and distribute as you please.

Best wishes for your every success this coming academic year.

Yours,
Pete Facione
Measured Reasons


Abstract:  "Deceptive astroturfing cleverly promotes products, policies, people, and political positions while concealing who is really behind the false claims. Astroturfing makes the critical thinking task of evaluating credibility more difficult and yet more important than ever. This blog, along with the two video examples it references, lists five questions we can use to defend ourselves from the deceptive manipulations of unscrupulous astroturfers."

www.measuredreasons.com<http://www.measuredreasons.com/>
650-743-8632


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