Resources that help students
determine how cognitive biases can affect responses to media messages

News Literacy Project:

• "Conspiratorial Thinking" self-paced Checkology lesson 

• "Avoid the trap of conspiratorial thinking" quiz could be used to check for understanding

Above the Noise:

• "Why Do Our Brains Love Fake News?" video

• "Can you win an argument with a conspiracy theorist?" video

• "The Secret Economy of Conspiracy Theories" video

SciShow Psych:

• "Why do so many people believe fake news?" video

• "Why do so many people believe conspiracy theories?" video

The Good Stuff:

• "How the internet made us believe in a flat earth" video

• "Why we love conspiracy theories" video

Other resources:

• Facing History's "Confirmation and other biases" lesson

• Common Sense Education's "Challenging Confirmation Bias" lesson

• MediaSmarts' "Reality Check: We Are All Broadcasters" lesson

• The Daily's "A movement to fight misinformation with misinformation" podcast

• Take on Fake's "Are some conspiracy theories worse than others?" video

• The Oatmeal's "You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you" comic (clean version)

• "Your Bias Is" website

• "Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic" infographic