by Delaney White | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
Delaney White Half of students surveyed said they are not confident in discerning “real news” from “fake news.” How Students Engage With NewsProject Information LiteracyOct. 16, 2018 Thanks to misinformation, young people are distrusting of news and unsure in their...
by Serena O'Sullivan | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
Day: February 22, 2019 Teens on the internet are susceptible to online misinformation. That’s why MediaWise is teaming up with social media influencers — and famous journalists like Lester Holt, its first national ambassador — to teach media literacy skills. MediaWise...
by Molly Stellino | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
misinformation As technology advances, fake images and video become harder to spot. A University of Warwick study found participants identified fake images only 60 percent of the time. But these tools can help us figure out if what we’re seeing is actually real....
by Molly Stellino | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
According to News Co/Lab research, more than one-third of people surveyed could not identify a fake headline. Unsure if a website you’ve navigated to is the real deal? Use these eight resources to check the validity of information and sources you find on the internet....
by Serena O'Sullivan | Jan 22, 2019 | Blog, What We're Reading
misinformation Automated Twitter accounts spread a significant amount of online misinformation during the 2016 election. A study in Nature Communications found bots were responsible for 34 percent of all shared articles from non-credible sources. The spread of...