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Combating Misinformation Online, One Meme at a Time

Kids spend between 6 to 9 hours online daily, excluding the time they spend online...

Critical Reading—Teaching Kids to Discern Real Information from Fake News

Lambert discusses the process and practice of becoming critical thinkers, necessary skepticism for media consumers...

Fake news and critical literacy in the digital age: sharing responsibility and addressing challenges

How can we tackle the ongoing challenge of so-called ‘fake news’? Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD Researcher...

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Critical Reading—Teaching Kids to Discern Real Information from Fake News

Lambert discusses the process and practice of becoming critical thinkers, necessary skepticism for media consumers, and principles and actions to assist tweens and teens in better detecting falsehoods...

I’m a former CIA analyst trained to spot fake news. Here’s how you can do it, too

Most false content circulating online is shared by real people who don’t know it’s false. So real people like you are the key to solving this problem. In this article, former CIA Analyst Cindy L. Otis shares tips to avoid falling for falsehoods...

This chart on conspiracy theories has gone viral. A local disinformation researcher breaks down what to know

The Conspiracy Chart organizes conspiracy theories threat level and link to reality. The chart, developed by Abbie Richards, a science researcher and disinformation and misinformation expert, has gone viral bringing widespread exposure to harmful conspiracy theories...

Fake news and critical literacy in the digital age: sharing responsibility and addressing challenges

How can we tackle the ongoing challenge of so-called ‘fake news’? Gianfranco Polizzi, PhD Researcher in the Department of Media at Communications at LSE, argues that we all have a responsibility to learn critical literacy to help us better to evaluate information, both on- and...

Combating Misinformation Online, One Meme at a Time

Kids spend between 6 to 9 hours online daily, excluding the time they spend online during the school day. Unfortunately, harmful content persists on social media, including falsehoods that can lead to targeted violence. As of 2021, only two states require media literacy courses in...
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