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Students of George Mason University, as part of T. Mills Kelly's course, "Lying about the past", have created two popular hoaxes: the "Edward Owens hoax," and the "Reddit serial killer hoax." It is a goal of the course to create a sweeping internet deception. As Kelly stated in the course's syllabus: What's our goal? Buzz, of course! Viral! We want our hoax to be picked up and spread around the Internet like wildfire!

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  • George Mason University's historical hoaxes (en)
  • Canular Edward Owens (fr)
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  • Students of George Mason University, as part of T. Mills Kelly's course, "Lying about the past", have created two popular hoaxes: the "Edward Owens hoax," and the "Reddit serial killer hoax." It is a goal of the course to create a sweeping internet deception. As Kelly stated in the course's syllabus: What's our goal? Buzz, of course! Viral! We want our hoax to be picked up and spread around the Internet like wildfire! (en)
  • Le canular Edward Owens est un canular créé le 3 décembre 2008 par des étudiants de l'université George Mason lors d'un projet de classe intitulé Lying About the Past (« mentir à propos du passé »). Il reprend le canular le plus ancien de Wikipédia datant du 29 mai 2005 (le Dieu Jar'Ed Owens). Celui-ci raconte l'histoire d'Edward Owens, un pêcheur et pirate fictif américain du XIXe siècle-XXe siècle. L'histoire d'Edward Owens a été publiée en ligne à plusieurs endroits, notamment sur Wikipédia en anglais et sur (en), un blogue culturel écrit par (en) et hébergé par USA Today. (fr)
  • O boato de Edward Owens é um histórico boato criado pelos estudantes da George Mason University em 3 de dezembro de 2008 como um projeto de graduação intitulado "Lying About the Past". A história trata de um homem que viveu na Virgínia entre 1852 e 1938 e que posteriormente se tornou um pirata. (pt)
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