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Digital issues in society How to spot a fake OR
how to make one
This species had long been known to have two "varieties", one was light the other dark. Before the 1800's many of the trees in the area had light colored trunks, either from light colored bark or from lichens. During this same time, the larger population of Peppered Moths were light. There were dark moths in the population, but they were a distinct minority. By the mid 1800's, the industrial revolution was starting to impact the environment and pollution had caused a darkening of the tree trunks. It was noted that the population of dark versus light moths had reversed; now dark moths were the dominant color.
Peppered Moth
I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for Google Maps getting all clone-happy in this part of Holland. It's probably just a secret alien landing site or something.
Circa 1860:
This nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln's head and the body of Southern politician, John Calhoun. Putting the date of this photo into context, note that the first permanent photographic image was created in 1826 and the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (later to become Eastman Kodak) was created in 1884.
1937:
In this doctored Nazi photograph, Adolf Hitler had Joseph Goebbels [second from right] removed from the original photograph. It remains unclear why Goebbels had fallen out of favor with Hitler.
1942:
In order to create a more heroic portrait of himself, Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini had the horse handler removed from the original photograph.
1968:
When in the summer of 1968 communist leader Fidel Castro [right] approved of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, Cuban writer and political activist Carlos Franqui [middle] cut off relations with the regime and went into exile in Italy. His image was subsequently removed from photographs.
Why do hoaxes exist? Who do they serve? Why do we believe them?
Why? : sell more with a • commercial manipulated image (news, fashion) : alter image to fit/not fit cultural • cultural norms (belly button, skintone) alter visual record • political/historical: therefore historical record : hoaxes, fabricate evidence • scientific (bigfoot)
OOPS!
Then again, there are real threats out there!
links: http://www.photoshopdisasters.com http://blog.photoshelter.com/2008/06 http://home.austin.rr.com/bedsole/personal/rantz/PepperedMyth.html
how to make one
This species had long been known to have two "varieties", one was light the other dark. Before the 1800's many of the trees in the area had light colored trunks, either from light colored bark or from lichens. During this same time, the larger population of Peppered Moths were light. There were dark moths in the population, but they were a distinct minority. By the mid 1800's, the industrial revolution was starting to impact the environment and pollution had caused a darkening of the tree trunks. It was noted that the population of dark versus light moths had reversed; now dark moths were the dominant color.
Peppered Moth
I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for Google Maps getting all clone-happy in this part of Holland. It's probably just a secret alien landing site or something.
Circa 1860:
This nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln's head and the body of Southern politician, John Calhoun. Putting the date of this photo into context, note that the first permanent photographic image was created in 1826 and the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (later to become Eastman Kodak) was created in 1884.
1937:
In this doctored Nazi photograph, Adolf Hitler had Joseph Goebbels [second from right] removed from the original photograph. It remains unclear why Goebbels had fallen out of favor with Hitler.
1942:
In order to create a more heroic portrait of himself, Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini had the horse handler removed from the original photograph.
1968:
When in the summer of 1968 communist leader Fidel Castro [right] approved of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, Cuban writer and political activist Carlos Franqui [middle] cut off relations with the regime and went into exile in Italy. His image was subsequently removed from photographs.
Why do hoaxes exist? Who do they serve? Why do we believe them?
Why? : sell more with a • commercial manipulated image (news, fashion) : alter image to fit/not fit cultural • cultural norms (belly button, skintone) alter visual record • political/historical: therefore historical record : hoaxes, fabricate evidence • scientific (bigfoot)
OOPS!
Then again, there are real threats out there!
links: http://www.photoshopdisasters.com http://blog.photoshelter.com/2008/06 http://home.austin.rr.com/bedsole/personal/rantz/PepperedMyth.html
