News Literacy: Fact vs Fiction
Resources for faculty, instructors, and graduate students to teach news literacy skills.
Fact vs Fiction
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HoaxyVisualizes how claims and fact-checking are spread across social media.
This resource can be used to explain how false information can spread quickly online (especially when combined with the TED video on this page).
Games
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FactitiousPlay Factitious! Can you tell fact from fiction? Created by JoLT at American University, Factitious asks players to read snippets of news stories and determine if they’re real or fake – just swipe right or left!
This game can be a great way to introduce the topic, assess what they've learned at the end of a class, or just have as practice!
How False News Can Spread
This video from TED gives a quick and engaging overview of how false information can spread so quickly.
Resources for Fact-Checking
There are many fact-checking resources out there that can help students verify claims. Here are some that you can share with your students.