Tag: media literacy
How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at...
Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Tucker Carlson, the conservative former cable TV news pundit, recently traveled to Moscow...
How can you tell if something is true? Here are 3...
Bob Britten, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media...
Jeanna Matthews, Clarkson University
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of...
4 ways to protect yourself from disinformation
Elizabeth Stoycheff, Wayne State University
You might have fallen for someone’s attempt to disinform you about current events. But it’s not your fault.
Even the most...
Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy
Seth Ashley, Boise State University
When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book,...
Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might think
Mona Kasra, University of Virginia
It can be hard to tell whether a picture is real. Consider, as the participants in our recent research did,...
How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
“For the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,” Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
