{"id":1114,"date":"2018-03-05T23:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=1114"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:51:24","slug":"twitter-user-identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-4\/web-literacy-for-fact-checking\/twitter-user-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter user identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Twitter-connect.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter-connect.jpg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/0b\/Twitter-connect.jpg\/320px-Twitter-connect.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Twitter does not enforce a &#8220;real name&#8221; policy, so it is possible for a person to run multiple accounts. A twitter account could be a bot, parody account or fake account. In this section we review the basics of Twitter identity and complete a short activity to verify the identity of a Twitter account.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Cellan-Jones, D. L., Rory. (2017, January 24). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-38724082\">Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter<\/a>. BBC News.\n<\/li>\n<li> Gray, M. (n.d.). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/technology.onehowto.com\/article\/how-to-tell-if-a-twitter-account-is-fake-9287.html\">How to Tell if a Twitter Account is Fake &#8211; 7 steps<\/a>. (Is this a reliable site?)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Verifying twitter identity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Read <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/verifying-twitter-identity\/\">Verifying twitter identity<\/a> in Caulfield, M. A. (2017). <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/\">Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Activity - Verify a twitter account<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Complete the activity: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/activity-verify-a-twitter-account\/\">Verify a twitter account<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-Caulfield_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Caulfield-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nShare your thoughts on Twitter identity by posting a comment on WENotes, for example:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <i>I didn&#8217;t realise that &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>I was surprised by &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<li> <i>I don&#8217;t think that &#8230;<\/i>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/lida100\/course-feeds\/lida104-feed\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA104\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"References\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-Caulfield-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-Caulfield_1-0\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\">Caulfield, M. 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