Media and Information Literacy
With more and more sources for information available online, the number of misleading sources is increasing exponentially. Washoe County Library System is ready to be your partner in finding the best sources of information. We encourage you to explore our research databases and contact the library to find the best sources and for help verifying news and sources.
A great place to start is one of the guides and toolkits listed below. Explore the articles and educational resources for more analysis and activities for home and classroom.
- Help! My News is Fake, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County (NM) Public Library
- Is It True? Try These Fact-Checking Websites and Resources, Arlington Heights (IL) Memorial Library
- Fake News: How to Spot It, Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD)
- Truth, Lies and Quibblers: Media Literacy for a New Era, Oakland (CA) Public Library
- 'Fake' News, Penn State University Libraries
- Real News/Fake News: About Fake News, University of California Berkeley Library
- How Do We Become Better Citizens of Information?, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Evaluating Information: Fake News, University of Washington Libraries
- Fake News, Indiana University East Campus Library
- Media Literacy and Fake News, C-SPAN Classroom
- National Association for Media Literacy Education Resource Hub, NAMLE
- MLE & Common Core Standards, NAMLE
- Elementary Media Literacy: Teaching Transliteracy, AASL Conference Presentation (PDF)
- Activity - Journalism: Question Everything! Identifying "fake news", Northfield Mount Hermon School
- Education Resources, Media Literacy Now
- Teaching Resources, Media Education Lab, University of Rhode Island
- Don't Buy It Teacher's Guide, PBS Kids GO!
- Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a "post-truth" world, School Library Journal
- Lesson plan: How to teach your students about fake news, PBS NewsHour Extra
- Media Literacy Education & The Common Core State Standards, NAMLE
- Media Literacy 101, MediaSmarts
- 'Fake News,' Bogus Tweets Raise Stakes for Media Literacy - Education Week
- The True History of Fake News | by Robert Darnton | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
- How to Prevent Fake News From Spreading
- Fighting Fake News | American Libraries Magazine
- fake news Archives - Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Using Media Literacy to Stop the Fake News Cycle | Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
- Fake News: the awful truth | RUSA Update
- FEATURE | Public Libraries in the Age of Fake News » Public Libraries Online
- In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play - The Verge
