Books/ebooks
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Bunk: The rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts, and fake news
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Call Number: BJ 1421 .Y68 2017ISBN: 155597791XPublication Date: 2017 -
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Debunk It! How to stay sane in a world of misinformation
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Call Number: BC 177 .G736 2014ISBN: 9781936976683Publication Date: 2015 -
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Internet Journalism and Fake News
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Call Number: PN 4784 .F27 I58 2018ISBN: 9781534501959Publication Date: 2018 -
Overload: Finding the truth in today's deluge of news
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Call Number: PN 4888 .P6 S35 2017ISBN: 9781538107218Publication Date: 2017 -
Trends, Discovery, and People in the Digital Age
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781843347231Publication Date: 2013 -
The Truth Matters: A citizen's guide to separating facts from lies and stopping fake news in its tracks
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Call Number: PN 4815.2 .B37 2017ISBN: 9780399581168Publication Date: 2017 -
Weaponized Lies: How to think critically in the post-truth era
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Call Number: BC 177 .L486 2017ISBN: 9781101983829Publication Date: 2017
Research Study
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Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning Executive Summary: Stanford Graduate School of EducationStanford 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."
Videos
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Helping Students Identify Fake News with the Five C's of Critical ConsumingThree minute video that discusses the 5 C's of critical consuming: Context, Credibility, Construction, Corroboration, and Comparison. Created by John Spencer.
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How False News Can SpreadThree minute video from TED-Ed by Noah Tavlin about circular reporting.
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How to Choose Your NewsDamon 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.
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Introduction to Information LiteracyForty 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.
Handouts
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Tips for Analyzing News SourcesHandout from College of DuPage with useful tips and questions to ask in order to analyze sources.
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How to Recognize False Content OnlineNice checklist of questions from The News Literacy Project.
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News Evaluation GridA blank grid and completed grid created by Vanessa Otera to explore partisan bias in news sources.