3 Frameworks That Will Help You To Identify Reliable Information Online

How do you know if the information you see online is the truth? The war in Ukraine can teach us a few valuable lessons.

The role of the Internet in Ukraine’s information war can’t be underestimated. In just a few weeks, the Internet proved to be so powerful that Russia started banning social media like crazy in weak attempts to support the official narrative (it’s not a war, it’s just a military operation, right). But there is the other side of the coin — how do you know what’s true and what’s not? Unfortunately, The Internet is full of fakes. And I’m talking not only about war in Ukraine now, even though it’s the latest and greatest example of informational power. Navigating the vast amounts of information was never easy. And it’s getting only harder as I’m writing this.

In search of ways to evaluate the information I’m constantly bombarded with, I encountered a few frameworks that information professionals have put together to help us think critically about the information provided. They did help me to filter the information I’m getting. I hope they will help you too.

Let's start simple, with a question. Five questions, to be exact.

This framework allows you to judge the quality of information by evaluating 5 simple things:

This method teaches us to think critically about each event we read about online by answering five questions to determine if the source is credible/reliable. So before you start panicking (oh no, the WW3 already began!), ask yourself:

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