Step 1: Save the image (save image as), which you want to verify in Google Image Search engine, in your computer. Uploading a photo in Google Image Search engine makes it possible to search: 1) an identical photo 2) a text related to it 3) a website on which the image is posted. Below, we will discuss these programs and their functions. There are a number of online photo verification programs.

Is a photo doctored – It is important to clarify which parts of a photo have been doctored and to what extent in order to reveal the goals and intentions of the author of disinformation.

An approximate date of publication of an authentic photo – It helps us specify whether the event described in a photo caption complies with the date of publication and dissemination of the photo.

Real facts – As a result of verifying a photograph, we may find real facts and dismantle disinformation or on the contrary, the facts revealed through a photograph may help us reconstruct a real story.

( Case study 3)Ĭritical analysis of photographs and their verification help up determine:

An authentic photo, which does not comply with a caption describing an event.

A fragment of a film, advertisement, graphic game, which is used to illustrate real rather than staged developments.

As a rule, such images are accompanied by misleading captions. A photo that is falsified or doctored.To mislead the public, the following materials can be disseminated:

In order to critically evaluate the provided visual material and the accompanying information, it is important to be aware of the widespread forms of visual manipulation, as well as the tools of their verification. The majority of people interpret the provided information and visual according to their predispositions. Visual manipulation has a special influence on the audience, because it creates an effect of evidence and makes a false story more convincing with an interested party trying to convince us of its authenticity.

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