{"id":20615,"date":"2025-06-29T12:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/?p=20615"},"modified":"2025-06-29T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:57:06","slug":"task-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/task-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 4: Illustrate a hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20647\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vintage_ufo_manhattan_hoax_photo.png\" alt=\"UFO hoax image\" width=\"451\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vintage_ufo_manhattan_hoax_photo.png 960w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vintage_ufo_manhattan_hoax_photo-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vintage_ufo_manhattan_hoax_photo-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>Choose an image manipulation tool such as Adobe Express, Photoshop, the GIMP, or Photopea. By drawing on existing images or your own creations or photographs, create fake visual evidence to support a theory or event that is clearly false by following these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_hoaxes\">Wikipedia&#8217;s list of hoaxes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a hoax to illustrate; you may search the Internet for sources to learn more about the context for this hoax, or choose another hoax for which you can find solid documentation online.<\/li>\n<li>Using <strong>non-AI<\/strong> image manipulation tool(s) like Adobe Express, Photoshop, or the GIMP, create an original or composite image that illustrates the hoax as if it were a real event, place, person, or phenomenon. In other words, furnish \u201cevidence\u201d that would support the supposed truth of the hoax, including but not limited to fake or altered photos, archival material, and other documents.<\/li>\n<li>Create a post with a title like &#8220;Task 4: Mary Gonzalez&#8221; to your class website, making sure to add the <strong>Task 4<\/strong> category.<\/li>\n<li>Add your image to the post <em>as well as<\/em> the original, unedited source images you started from.<\/li>\n<li>Add a short paragraph with a description of the hoax you are illustrating along with a link to the hoax on Wikipedia or another public website.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to click the <em>Update<\/em> and\/or <em>Publish<\/em> buttons to post your image and text.<\/li>\n<li>Fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/wto5P6ZXHbweMTbn7\">reflection survey form<\/a> to get complete credit for the assignment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20693\" src=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nephilim_giant_hoax-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Nephilim giant (hoax)\" width=\"458\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nephilim_giant_hoax-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nephilim_giant_hoax-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nephilim_giant_hoax-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nephilim_giant_hoax.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/>Warnings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u274c\ud83e\udd16 Do <strong>not<\/strong> use AI. You&#8217;ll get your chance to re-do the assignment with generative AI in the second half of the course.<\/li>\n<li>\u26a0\ufe0f You are <strong>not<\/strong> making a meme. Memes tend to be clearly contrived and often are meant to inspire humor or criticism. You are trying to convince viewers that what they see in the photograph is unequivocally true.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf97 Don&#8217;t forget to add the source images as well as your composite image to your post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Strategies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose source photographs that are themselves believable. A cartoon, line drawing, or image that is already composited will be a giveaway that your evidence is bogus. (Many desktop backgrounds you can find in a Google search are simulations or composites\u2014examine source photos carefully before choosing them!)<\/li>\n<li>Avoid mixing images of different looks or styles in your composite photograph to avoid glaring discrepancies. Source images with different lighting direction are particularly hard to composite realistically.<\/li>\n<li>To enhance realism, consider nesting any foreign subjects between the foreground and background shapes in your background image.<\/li>\n<li>To blend different images together, try adjusting their edges, lighting, sharpness, and color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Assignment adapted from Juliana Castro&#8217;s contribution to the <a href=\"https:\/\/aipedagogy.org\/\">AI Pedagogy<\/a> project.)<\/p>\n<h3>FAQ<\/h3>\n<details style=\"border: silver dotted 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; border-radius: 1em;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; color: #0c598e; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7;\">What&#8217;s the grading rubric?<\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">You described thoroughly a unique hoax appropriate for illustrating with an edited photo: from 0 to +2 points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">You posted an appropriate original photo and a version modified to fit the hoax: from 0 to +2 points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">You followed some or all of the strategies suggested to make your image believable: from 0 to +2 points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Your edited photo was visually convincing: from 0 to +2 points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">You were thoughtful or imaginative in your photo transformation or description: from 0 to +2 points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">You were late: from 0 to -3 points, with one point off per week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your grade is the total of all points times 10, for a possible maximum of 100%.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border: silver dotted 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; border-radius: 1em;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; color: #0c598e; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7;\">So I *can* use Wikipedia for this assignment?<\/summary>\n<p>Yes, you can learn about and link to a hoax on Wikipedia, though you can also research your hoax at a different site.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border: silver dotted 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; border-radius: 1em;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; color: #0c598e; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.7;\">Can I see a model answer?<\/summary>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/task-4-exemplary-submission\">This post<\/a> by a student describing her photo edit based on a hoax about sharks on a Houston freeway received an A+ for this task.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choose an image manipulation tool such as Adobe Express, Photoshop, the GIMP, or Photopea. By drawing on existing images or your own creations or photographs, create fake visual evidence to support a theory or event that is clearly false by following these steps: Visit Wikipedia&#8217;s list of hoaxes. Choose a hoax to illustrate; you may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22,32],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-20615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-54","category-task-4","category-tasks","tag-tasks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20615"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26192,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20615\/revisions\/26192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}