Twitter and Haiti: A Lesson In Verification

Much has been made of Twitter’s role in hel­ping raise money for vic­tims of the Hai­tian earth­quake. Less has been writ­ten about how Twit­ter makes it so easy to spread false infor­ma­tion and the rela­ted need for digi­tal lite­racy. I tac­kled these issues at seve­ral posts at WiredPen:

• Beware of Twit­ter Memes; How To Really Help Haiti
• A Case For Digi­tal Media Lite­racy: Trac­king Down A Meme
• More On AA/Haiti Twit­ter Meme