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The Skyline College Library Palestine Research Guide is created and hosted with the intent to provide resources that will broaden the scope of understanding and enable students, faculty, and community members to educate themselves on the contemporary and historic liberation struggle of Palestinian people.

This research guide is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as new materials and information become available.

Words About War

Words about War Matter: A Language Guide for Discussing War and Foreign Policy

"When talking about mass violence, language matters. Word choices can be a matter of life and death. The language of war is frequently dehumanizing and euphemistic. " This guide, and the Language about Gaza addendum, contain useful information for how to write about Palestine and Insrael, as well as for recognizing dehumanizing and euphemistic language when doing research.

The Words About War guide was produced with support from American University, Concordia University, University of California–Irvine, and the War Prevention Initiative of the Jubitz Family Foundation.

When you open up a news article in your browser, open a second, empty tab. Use that second window to look up claims, original document or information, author credentials, and organizations that you come across in the article.
Fake news spans across all kinds of media - printed and online articles, podcasts, YouTube videos, radio shows, even still images. Be prepared to double-check everything.
Beware of confirmation bias. Just because you might agree with what an article is saying doesn't mean it's true.
As Mad-Eye Moody said in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, "Constant Vigilance!"
Always be ready to fact check.
Even the best researchers will be fooled once in a while. If you find yourself fooled by a fake news story, use your experience as a learning tool.
Be suspicious of pictures! Not all photographs tell the truth or unfiltered truth. Images are normally edited or processed, but sometimes they are digitally manipulated. Some are born digital. A Google reverse image search can help discover the source of an image and its possible variations.

Install BS Detector, a Chrome extension, to alert you when you are reading fake news. To install the plugin, go to Chrome Web Store and add it to your browser. Once you have it up and running, it automatically detects and labels news from outlets that are known to spread false or misleading information on a regular basis and flags it with a red banner reading:"WARNING: THIS MAY NOT BE A RELIABLE SOURCE (FAKE NEWS)"

From http://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumer-handbook-fake-news-edition/

How to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher

Originally written shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this is a broadly applicable guide for maintaining mental health by and for those conducting research and engaging with graphic news.

11 Tips for Protecting Yourself From Upsetting Images on Social Media

Based on their book, Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in Our Online Lives, this article includes suggestions collected from researchers and activists around the world for minimizing the potential harms of exposure to graphic online content. (09/2023, Andrea Lampros & Alexa Koenig, UCB)