Information Literacy, Fake News, & Misinformation Resources: Articles

This is an article from Brookings focused on best practices in journalism. The article concludes that, "it is clear there are a number of ways to promote timely, accurate, and civil discourse in the face of false news and disinformation."

A news article from CBS17, a Raleigh N.C. news station. This article reports on internet scammers who create fake social media accounts to find new victims.

This article explores how fake news spreads using the analogy of gossip spreading in a social environment. “The way that gossip spreads around a school is similar to how fake news spreads around the Internet."

Although this library addresses misinformation in libraries, it offers a primer on fake news. The article also touches on information literacy and media literacy.

Forbes article that discusses how students specifically can spot fake news. It highlights the importance of noticing that our social media pages are are customized to match our existing biases and beliefs, and how to identify fake sources surrounding the information presented.

Short article from NPR listing a few rules of thumb when evaluating a source for misinformation. Also connected to a podcast episode of Life Kit about misinformation.

An article from the League of Women Voters that provides information to help "spot misinformation and minimize overload."

ABC News provides 5 guiding questions a person can use when evaluating information found on social media.

This is an article from Brookings that explores how misinformation spreads on social media and examines "the question of how to counteract the damage done by fake news [that] has become a pressing issue for both the technology companies and governments across the globe.”

Open-access publication from Harvard Kennedy School that contains "timely, peer-reviewed research about misinformation."

This playlist is a series of 11 videos made by Crash Course on how to spot misinformation or disinformation, fact-checking, identifying trustworthy media, and how to properly evaluate internet sources.

A handbook for journalists from UNESCO that contains seven modules regarding best journalistic practices to combat fake news and misinformation.

This .pdf document from the International Center for Journalists provides a historical overview of misinformation and disinformation.