"Fake News"

A very important issue in media literacy which school librarians and classroom teachers should address now.

Where do the American People get their news

How Americans Get News on tikTok-X, Facebook and Instagram

Americans are following the News Less Closely Than They Used to - Apparently, Americans are not keeping up with the news. This report is from the Pew Research Center, October 24, 2023
Social Media Fact Sheet - Jan 31, 2024
News Platform Fact Sheet - Where do they get their news?. This is from the Pew Research Center, Sept 17, 2024
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 - TikToc is now the favorite while Facebook is losing users. From the Pew Research Center, August 22, 2022
What is TikTok - Everything You Need to Know in 2024 - From Influencer Marketing Hub.
US Adults Under 30 now trust information from social media almost as much as from national news outlets - From the Pew Research Center, Oct. 16, 2024

Ten Facts About Americans and Facebook

Teaching About Fake News

Propaganda, Extremism and Online Recruitment Tactics - Talking with teenagers about online propaganda, and extremism. From the Anti-Defamation League
Teach the Techniques of Media Manipulators - An article by Frank Baker in Middle School Web, June, 2019
The Fact Checker Guide to Manipulated Video - Seeing is not believing.
A Digital Knowledge Quiz - Try your students on this quiz from the Pew Research Center. This quiz is dated August 17, 2023. When they have taken the quiz, they can see how the American public did on it.
Teaching Students to Identify Credible Sources - This is from Edutopia, April 20, 2023.
News and Media Resource Center - Many resources from Commonsense Education.
Real Fake News: Exploring Actual Examples of Newspaper Bias - From Commonsense Education.
Evaluating Sources in a "Post Truth" World - Lesson plan ideas from the New York Times, Jan. 19, 2017
The Honest Truth About Fake News and How Not to Fall for it - From Station KQED
Fighting Fake News - A lesson plan by Rachel Roberson from station KQED
Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation - From the ReadWriteThink web site.
Skills and Strategies | Fake News vs. Real News: Determining the Reliability of Sources - by Katherine Schulton for the New York Times Learning Network.
Five Minute Film Festival: 9 videos on News Literacy - From Edutopia
The Credibility Challenge - A lesson plan from the Annenberg Center.

Fake News,the Facts, and Artificial Intelligence

Fact Check - A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Politifact - Fact checking and the "pants on fire" award.
Artificial Intelligence and the News - From the Associated Press.
An Artificial Intelligence Quiz - Artificial intelligence is going to become important in news reporting. Try this quiz from the Pew Research Center to see how well you can recognize artificial intelligence at work. Feb 15, 2023.

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