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November 2019 Stanford Study: Students' Civic Online Reasoning: A National Portrait

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Click for the Stanford study showing "a dismaying inability by students to reason about information they see on the Internet."

The Center for News Literacy at Stonybrook University offers one of many college-level courses on News Literacy.

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Beware online "filter bubbles"As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.

How to choose your news - Damon BrownWith the advent of the Internet and social media, news is distributed at an incredible rate by an unprecedented number of different media outlets. How do we choose which news to consume? Damon Brown gives the inside scoop on how the opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news and how the smart reader can tell them apart.

CBS' 60 Minutes segment examines REAL fake news, created by con-artists.

How fake news becomes a popular, trending topicThe phrase “fake news” has been used by Trump to discredit responsible reporting that he dislikes. But 60 Minutes’ investigation looks at truly fake news created by con-artists

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Pinterest Board, Fake News / Alternative Facts / Critical Literacy

Nicole A. Cooke, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Crowd Sourced Padlet , Media Literacy Research, Resources, Lessons and Project Ideas

Shannon McClintock Miller

In W.Va., Teachers Turn Trump's 'Fake News' Attacks Into Teachable MomentsAt West Virginia's Ripley High, teachers are developing media literacy skills in students who are trying to critically examine allegations about "fake news" and media bias.

How Fact-Checking Works on Facebook See FAQs from publishers.

Real things teachers can do to combat fake newsWhat can you do to combat "fake news"? And how do we help kids get savvy about what they're reading? You can start by not lumping all dubious content into one category called fake news, says Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director at the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

The Fake-News FallacyOld fights about radio have lessons for new fights about the Internet.

A Conspiracy Video Teaches Kids A Lesson About Fake NewsSince 2016, an investigative journalist in France has been on a mission to show students how they're duped, teaching them how to tell true from false online.

Evaluating Sources in a ‘Post-Truth’ World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning About Fake NewsPractical activities and questions to help students navigate a media landscape in which it is increasingly difficult to tell what’s real and what’s not.

How to Spot Responsible JournalismWhat are the hallmarks of responsible journalism and how can the reader spot these very specific things? What tools can K-12 teachers and librarians use in their teaching to help students spot sloppy journalism and inaccurate news?

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