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Fake News and Information Literacy: Identifying Fake News

How Fake News Works

Fact-Checking Organizations

How to Spot Fake News

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The Problem with Fake News

This infographic shows how fake news can be a problem. Using data from a Buzzfeed News study, the graphic from Statista shows how much more people engaged with fake news on Facebook during the 2016 Presidential election cycle compared to regular mainstream media news.

Fake News Infographic

Additional Fake News Resources

  • Fake News, Real Money from Connecticut Public

Other Resources for News Issues

A word on Bias

We all tend to live in our own bubbles these days, where our information sources echo back to us what we already know and are biased towards (Think For You page). 

Some resources are significantly more biased than others and can feed into skewed views of the world.

Reliability of sources is also very important.  Is the information presented true?

Here is a tool to help you find out about sources you may be accessing.map from link

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Thanks to Carolina Hernandez from the University of Oregon. This page is adapted from her work.