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Fake News and Alternative Facts: A Guide to News Literacy

A guide to developing critical thinking skills for news literacy

News about Fake News

Facebook's global fight against fake news
CNN Tech May 9, 2017
Fake news and the spread of misinformation
Journalist's Resource
A project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative. Jan. 9, 2017
Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News
New York Times, Nov. 6, 2016
Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world
School Library Journal, Nov. 26, 2016
6 types of misinformation circulated this election season
Columbia Journalism Review, Nov. 18, 2016

Resources for Educators

News Literacy: Teaching the Internet Generation to Make Reliable Information Choices
Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings, June 2014
How Can Students Be Taught to Detect Fake News and Dubious Claims?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec.12, 2016
Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online
Stanford Graduate School of Education, Nov. 22, 2016
Hashtag Truth, New Freshman Foundation Course Promotes Information Literacy
Chapman University, Aug. 10, 2016
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth?
Education Week