Misinformation and Disinformation: Online Resources

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Online tutorials on how to fact/source-check materials.

University of Louisville Libraries' online toolkit that promotes skills for democratic citizenships; includes news literacy, evaluating expertise, and misinformation modules.

Online game that tests knowledge of real news and fake news articles.

Visualization that shows accuracy and bias of news organizations.

WHO's strategies for checking information; created to combat COVID-19 information but can be used to evaluate any source.

The Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University builds society's capacity to understand the context, origins, and impact of modern media.

A comprehensive guide on Misinformation and Disinformation from College of Staten Island Library. Contains helpful videos and articles.

As the leading voice, convener, and resource for media literacy education, NAMLE aims to make media literacy highly valued and widely practiced as an essential life skill.

This YouTube playlist breaks down fact-checking skills into eleven short, 13-15 minute videos. A collaborative effort by John Green (of Crash Course), MediaWise, The Poynter Institute, and The Stanford History Education Group.

Programs and resources to learn how to become an active consumer of news and information.

Online videos and interactives about media literacy.

Students are confused about how to evaluate online information. We all are. The COR curriculum provides free lessons and assessments that help you teach students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world.

An open-access textbook by Mike Caufield.