Fake News and Media Literacy

The Long and Brutal History of Fake News" Politico.com December 16, 2016

"Will You Fall for Fake News?" Scholastic Choices Magazine

NYT Upfront

5 Ways to Spot Fake News from CommonSense Media [1 minute] meh

How to Spot Fake News from FactCheck.org [3 minutes] includes snopes, fact check, etc.

How to Choose Your News from TEDed [5 minutes] gatekeepers of information

How Fake News Can Spread by TEDed [4 minutes] circular reporting

4 Ways to Spot Fake News from HowStuffWorks [5 minutes]

The Rise of 'Fake News', Manipulation and 'Alternative Facts' from BBC [5 minutes] [new tech]

Study: Most Students Cannot Distinguish Fake and Real News from Wall Street Journal [3 minutes]

Choosing Credible Sources from Virtual High School [2 minutes] excellent!

How to decide if a source is credible and accurate

• How to know if a source is reliable by Shmoop [5 minutes] very good
• Evaluating Sources for Credibility by NC State U Library[3 minutes] very good
• Evaluating Sources by Western Libraries [2 minutes]
• The Problem with Fake News and How Our Students Can Fix It [3 minutes] (5 C's test)

Fake News Activity

Videos:

• What's to be Done About Fake News? from CBS News [9 minutes]
• Fake News Sites Designed to Trick You from CNN [3 minutes] hoax-hyperpartisan-hybrid
• How to Spot Fake News from Washington Post [2 minutes]
• The Real Consequences of Fake News from MSNBC [7 minutes]

Activity:

Kahoot Quiz

Mental Floss Quiz: Real News Story or Scooby-Doo Plot?

BBC Quiz: Identify the Fake News Story

Clickbait

Video:

How Does Clickbait Work? from Tech Quickie [4 minutes]

What makes clickbait so...clickbaity? The answer will SHOCK you!

NYT Upfront "Fake News Epidemic" Article and Worksheets Jan 9, 2017

NYT Upfront "Fighting Fake News" Article and Worksheets Sept 4, 2017

Is Fake News About to Get More Difficult to Identify? MSNBC [6 minutes]

interview with Vanity Fair columnist about new tech that will alter/create "fake news" from real audio or video

NYT Learning Network - Real News vs. Fake News

"How to Make a Masterpiece in Fake News" from New York Times, Jan 19, 2017