Alison J. Head, executive director of Project Information Literacy (PIL) discusses how journalism, libraries, and educators are essential to fighting the assault on truth.
Melissa Zimdars, an assistant professor of communication at Merrimack College published a list of false and misleading news sources and tips for analyzing them.
A project from The Wall Street Journal that demonstrates how reality may differ for conservatives and liberals based on their Facebook news feeds. This project offers a unique side-by-side comparison.
Stanford Graduate School of Education released a report that demonstrates the "dismaying inability by digital savvy students to reason about information they find on the Internet."
Three minute video that discusses the 5 C's of critical consuming: Context, Credibility, Construction, Corroboration, and Comparison. Created by John Spencer.
Damon Brown explains in this five minute TED-Ed video how opinions and facts (and sometimes non-facts) make their way into the news. Lesson plans and discussion questions are included.
Forty minute video from Films on Demand which discusses how to find credible sources on the internet, read and evaluate a topic critically, and document sources ethically.