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Countering Misinformation and Disinformation with Media Literacy

There is lots of misinformation out there and it is the responsibility of each of us to find the most trustworthy information in order to make the best possible choices as it relates to our health, finances, and our environment.

20 items

  • Think Again

    the Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

    Grant, Adam, 1981-
    Book, 2021[New York, New York] : Viking, [2021] — 153.42 GRANT
  • Book, 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018] — BD171 .M39 2018
  • Calling Bullshit

    the Art of Skepticism in a Data-driven World

    Bergstrom, Carl T.,
    Book, 2020New York : Random House, [2020] — 149.73 B454c
  • Science Fictions

    How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

    Ritchie, Stuart (Stuart J.),
    Book, 2020New York : Metropolitan Books : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — 500 R510s
  • Proofiness

    the Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception

    Seife, Charles
    Book, 2010New York : Viking, [2010] — 510 SEI
  • When Ideology Trumps Science

    Why We Question the Experts on Everything From Climate Change to Vaccinations

    Wolters, Erika Allen,
    Book, 2018Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] — 303.48 Wol
  • Pseudoscience

    the Conspiracy Against Science

    Book, 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018] — 001.9 Pse
  • Fighting Misinformation

    Digital Media Literacy

    DVD, 2020Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2020] — DVD 070.43 FIG
  • True or False

    a CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News

    Otis, Cindy L.,
    Book, 2020New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2020. — YA 070.4 Oti
  • Virtual Unreality

    Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?

    Seife, Charles
    Book, 2014New York : Viking, 2014. — 025.04 SEI
  • PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
    Web resource
  • "News literacy: The ability to determine the credibility of news and other content, to identify different types of information, and to use the standards of authoritative, fact-based journalism to determine what to trust, share and act on. Our…
    Web resource
  • Fact Vs. Fiction

    Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News

    LaGarde, Jennifer,
    Book, 2018Portland, Oregon : International Society for Technology in Education, [2018] — RES 370.152 LAG
  • Deception

    Real or Fake News?

    Rice, Dona,
    Book, 2018Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2018] — J 070.43 RIC
  • Book, 2019North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2019] — JUV HIST 302.23 DEL