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The 2nd report on #Coronavirus Fact Checking by IFCN members #CoronaVirusFacts and #DatosCoronaVirus

In Uncategorized on January 31, 2020 at 11:50

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 the 2nd report based on the first 86 fact-checks members have shared and the article is now available at Poynter/IFCN’s website (in English). 

Photos and videos allegedly showing the coronavirus are now challenging fact-checkers 

(Feel free to translate this article and republished it in your language/site. You will only have to say it was first published by Poynter/IFCN’s website + give the original URL)
On social media, IFCN has posted the following content:

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My course, MED 512- ISSUES IN CYBER-CULTURE STUDIES. Syllabus for the 2020 Spring Semester

In Uncategorized on January 30, 2020 at 11:50

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A younger and beardless me in the class.

One of my flagship courses at Bilgi University MA Media Studies program is called “Issues in Cyber-Culture Studies” (MED 512). In the last couple of years, I have chosen one topic/issue for the whole semester such as cryptocurrencies, web history and digital archiving, business models imagined for journalism in the age of new media, big data, collective intelligence and open government. All these ended up with publications or relevant outputs. This year will be a roundup. I have collected many special journal issues in the last few years and I have chosen several relevant topics among them to focus on this semester. Here is the draft syllabus and all readings are for fair use of course…

 

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“Turkey tops ECHR list in freedom of expression violations in 2019” as Osman Kavala kept prisoner…

In Uncategorized on January 30, 2020 at 09:20

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Turkey tops ECHR list in freedom of expression violations in 2019

Duvar English by Didem Atakan

Turkey ranked first regarding violations of freedom of expression in 2019, the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) annual activity report revealed on Jan. 29.

Among the total 68 judgements in which the court has found a violation of freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 35 were filed by citizens of Turkey.

Turkey keeps ignoring ECHR decisions and CoE just watches

The latest Gezi trial on Tuesday was yet another horror show, thanks to the unlawful decisions taken by the panel of judges.
Court rules Kavala stay in jail in Gezi Park trial

An Istanbul court on Jan. 28 ruled that Osman Kavala, a businessman and philanthropist, to remain in custody in Gezi
Human Rights Watch – Jan 26, 9:00 PM

(Istanbul) – A review of the situation in Turkey before the United Nations offers a chance to acknowledge and address the country’s human rights crisis and the dramatic erosion of its rule of law framework, Human Rights Watch said today.

 

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The IFCN’s first fact-checking report on the Corona Virus #CoronaVirusFacts #DatosCoronaVirus #coronaravirus

In Uncategorized on January 29, 2020 at 19:50

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Passengers wearing masks wait in a line to check-in to a flight to Shanghai at the Vaclav Havel International Airport in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Prague’s international airport is launching an information campaign for travellers who develop symptoms possibly linked to a new coronavirus illness. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
The IFCN has just published the 1st report based on the first 20 fact-checks the network members have shared and it is now available at Poynter/IFCN’s website (in English). 

Coronavirus: Fact-checkers from 30 countries are fighting 3 waves of misinformation

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I think Merkel is in love

In Uncategorized on January 27, 2020 at 15:39

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Merkel was in town (in İstanbul) recently and shared these photos on her Instagram account.

Merkel holds Istanbul meeting with journalists, NGOs on …
Ahval–Jan 24, 2020
Germany’s Angela Merkel flies to Istanbul for Libya talks with …
Foreign Brief–Jan 23, 2020
Merkel’s Turkish delights: Erdogan showers German …
RT–Jan 24, 2020
Germany’s Merkel in Turkey for talks on Libya, Syria
Middle East Monitor–Jan 24, 2020

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Turkey doin’ great: ranks 110th in global democracy index;  Scores Lowest-Ever Points in Corruption Perception Index and worsening in ranks in the most powerful passports…

In Uncategorized on January 23, 2020 at 15:28

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Turkey ranks 110th in global democracy index

by Didem Atakan
Duvar English

Turkey was ranked 110th of 165 nations and two territories in the Democracy Index 2019 – a list of the most and least democratic countries in the world – said The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a news and general affairs publication, in its annual report on Jan. 22. Turkey was also ranked 110th in the list in the EIU’s 2018 report.

Turkey Scores Lowest-Ever Points in Corruption Perception Index

Bianet :: English
Turkey has been one of the three countries that lost the most places since 2013, losing 11 points and 38 places.

Most Powerful Passports of the World: Turkey Ranks Worse, Again

Bianet :: English
According to the list of most powerful passports of the world prepared based on IATA data, Japan has ranked the first, just as it did in the previous two years. As for Turkey, it has ranked 55th, marking a degrade of three rankings.

41,000 people killed during AKP’s 17-year tenure in power

Duvar English 41,694 people have been killed between 2002 and 2019, the period in which the ruling Justice and Development

Study: Turkey’s Youth Feel Insecure, Want to Leave Country

Bianet :: English
Young people think that favoritism is a more important factor than competence in employment in the public sector.

Half the population wants Turkey to join EU, poll shows

Duvar English Half of Turkey’s population wishes the country to join the European Union, a recent poll by the private polling
DW.COM

The EU has cut pre-accession aid to Turkey by 75%, according to a letter sent to the European Parliament by EU foreign affairs commissioner Josep Borrell and seen by the Essen-based Funke Mediengruppe. Turkey will now only receive €168

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#Journalism agenda: “The New York Times tested #blockchain to help you identify faked photos…

In Uncategorized on January 23, 2020 at 14:28

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Here’s how The New York Times tested blockchain to help you identify faked photos on your timeline

Nieman Journalism Labby Hanaa’ Tameez

Can blockchain save journalism? The Magic 8-Ball’s best answer thus far appears to be “Outlook not so good.” Cryptocurrency hype has receded; an Ethereum token, which would have cost you $1,438 two years ago, can now be had for $166. Changing currency doesn’t seem to change anything fundamental about the news industry’s struggles.

But if it can’t save journalism, can blockchain still be helpful to journalism, in defined, targeted ways? That was the question raised last July by the News Provenance Project — a project of The New York Times’ R&D team in collaboration with IBM Garage.

One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – January 2020

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The Prime Minister of Malta will resign this month in connection with a reporter’s murder investigation, and a Uyghur writer remains imprisoned in China.
International Press Institute – Javier Luque – Jan 10

On January 10, journalists across Turkey will mark “Working Journalists Day” to recall the struggle for the rights of journalists and their crucial democratic role in informing the public. The International Press Institute (IPI),

 

Nieman Lab – Denise-Marie Ordway – Jan 10

Our friends at Journalist’s Resource, that’s who. JR is a project of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and they spend their time examining the new academic literature in media, social

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New photo from Facebook January 22, 2020 at 05:14PM

In Uncategorized on January 22, 2020 at 17:51

“Yurt genelinde etkisini gösteren soğuk hava Bayburt’ta bulunan Gökçedere Gölü’nün donmasına neden oldu. Vatandaşlar donan gölde hatıra fotoğrafı çektirdi. via @vaziyetcomtr https://twitter.com/vaziyetcomtr/status/1219923695101194240?s=09 via Facebook Pages https://ift.tt/1heKubC

Fratricide has no boundaries: “Trustee Appointed to Foundation Co-Founded by Former PM Davutoğlu #bisav

In Uncategorized on January 22, 2020 at 17:29

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Trustee Appointed to Foundation Co-Founded by Former PM Davutoğlu

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A trustee has been appointed to the Foundation for Sciences and Arts (BİSAV). Among the founders of the foundation was also former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who has recently established a new political party

Gap between popularity ratings of Erdoğan, İmamoğlu ‘closing’

Duvar English The gap between the popularity ratings of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem

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#Anthropology roundup: “Climate Change Is an Anthropological Process…

In Uncategorized on January 22, 2020 at 13:21

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Climate Change Is an Anthropological Process

Saving an indigenous language from extinction

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The Sami are the only officially recognised indigenous people in the EU and some of their languages are on the brink of extinction.

Why Targeting Heritage Is a Crime Against Humanity

SAPIENS by Hugh Gusterson

“A barbarian is someone who looks at culture and finds no beauty at all. A barbarian looks at a mosque or a burial mound, and dreams only of exacting pain.”

—Jason Farago, New York Times critic

Henry Stimson, the U.S. secretary of war during World War II, was a cultured man of the world. When he learned the U.S. was planning to drop its new atomic bomb on Kyoto—an ancient Japanese city he had visited as a young man that brimmed with architectural and artistic treasures—he went to President Harry Truman and insisted it be removed from the target list. Truman agreed, and the “Florence of Japan” was spared.

 

3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Bones

Undark Magazine

Gold bar found in Mexico City park was an Aztec treasure looted by conquistadors

Mother Nature Network

Archaeology Is Having a Great Century So Far

SAPIENS by Elizabeth Sawchuk and Mary Prendergast
Nearly a century ago, the focus of human origins research shifted from Europe to Africa—such as to the Oldupai (Olduvai) Gorge in Tanzania, one of the cradles of humankind. What will the next big shifts be?David Berkowitz/Flickr CC BY-SA

This article originally appeared on The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons.

How the Myth of the Alpha Male Has Hijacked Modern Masculinity

Fatherly

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