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What is Fake News?
How to Spot Fake News
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Media Literacy
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Information Literacy
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Fake News and Social Media
Additional Resources
The Filter Bubble
Tools for Bursting the Filter Bubble
Tools to help read beyond the narrow perspective of a pre-existing perspective (particularly political perspectives).
Bursting the Facebook Bubble
Social media has made it easy to live in filter bubbles, sheltered from opposing viewpoints. So what happens when liberals and conservatives trade realities?
Quiz: Do you live in a bubble?
A set of questions about class and participation from PBS News Hour. Based on another quiz from author Charles Murray.
"Researching"
Information Literacy
Information Literacy as the Antidote to Fake News
This article from Forbes magazine details the process through which Fake News can be overcome.
Look, up in the sky...!
Librarians, Information Literacy, and the Defeat of Fake News
Truth, Truthiness, and Triangulation
A School Library Journal blog post on how to equip the digital citizen of today with the needed skills of cyber information literacy
Statistics
Stanford Study
Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don't always recognize political bias of social messages.
News Use Across Social Media Platforms
A 2016 study by the Pew Research Center
Digital News: How Do We React?
A Pew Research Center analysis article on the online news gathering habits of Americans
Belief in Fake News: Is It on the Rise?
A Pew Research Center analysis article concerning the digital trust habits of Americans
Fake News and Social Media
Buzzfeed's Tips on Reining in Fake News
A step-by-step guide to reporting fake news articles that are shared on Facebook to help stop it from spreading.
List of Fake News Sites
This is not an exhaustive list, but it is a large list of fake news sites that often connect to people through suggested Facebook ads.
How Fake News is Written (and Why)
A Washington Post article on how the creators of "Fake News" make money.
Fake News and Facebook Referrals
An article explaining how social media is used to spread Fake News
Facebook vs. Democracy
A PBS blog post from a seasoned mathematician on how the algorithms used by Facebook may erode or enhance voting with the United States
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