article is real or fake. The event was hosted by Phi Theta Kappa.
Don Henley is dead. Dallas cancels Halloween amid Ebola concerns. Doctored photos and stories are everywhere. In today's society, many examples of partially correct or in many cases, completely false information, can be found in all forms of media.
Fake news was the topic for the Honors in Action project by the Alpha Eta Rho chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at Kirkwood Community College.
The event was held in the Linn Hall Lobby on Nov. 9 during activity hour. It included an interactive survey that students were encouraged to participate in by reading clips from a variety of articles and determining if the article was real.
In addition to the interactive survey, a pre-recorded debate over the controversial idea of fake news and its definition was projected onto flat screen monitors behind the booth.
Students who are interested in joining Phi Theta Kappa may do so if they meet the criteria of having earned 12 credits toward a degree at Kirkwood and a minimum GPA of 3.5.
Students interested in more information about the campus chapters can go to http://www.kirkwood.edu/alphaetarho for the main campus and http://www.kirkwood.edu/ptkic for the Beta Lambda Tau chapter at the Iowa City campus.