Filter Bubbles - Anderson Conference 2017: Curriculum
Fact checking - Is that thing you read online real?
- Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online ReasoningFrom Stanford History Education Group. Includes three lessons: Home Page Analysis; Evaluating Evidence; Claims on Social Media
- Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The FactsNPR All Tech Considered, Dec. 2016
- 10 Questions for Fake News Detectionfrom the News Literacy Project
- How to Determine If A Controversial Statement Is Scientifically Truefrom LifeHacker, June 2012
- Fact checking class exercise60 minute class exercise used successfully with advanced PCC ABE students. Class consisted of discussion/demonstration about the possible unreliability of "news" events encountered in social media or online; modeling a process for fact checking, using the links in the Google doc; and small group exercises in which students examined the reliability of selected online stories.
- Fake NewsPCC library guide for students about detecting fake news and finding reliable information.
Fact checking resources
- AllSides.comLooks at the treatment of the same current news stories and issues from media sources considered conservative, centrist, and liberal. Helps readers identify bias and avoid polarization.
- FactCheck.orgFactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Media Bias Fact CheckResource for determining media bias through research and consumer opinions. Media Bias/Fact Check also provides occasional fact checks, original articles on media bias and breaking/important news stories.
- PoliticoNonpartisan, Washington-based political journalism organization that serves as the one-stop shop for the fastest, most in-depth coverage of the White House, Congress, politics and policy.
- Politifact Truth-o-MeterNonpartisan that evaluates the accuracy of claims made by US political officeholders, candidates, consultants, advisers, special interest groups, and pundits.
- SnopesThe definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Google News Custom Search
This Google Custom Search only searches the following 10 news sites, selected by PCC librarians and instructors, as reasonably reliable news sources that practice fact-based journalism. The sites searches include a mix of national and interrnation news sources: Al-Jazeera; BBC; Christian Science Monitor; Economist; New York Times; ProPublica; PBS; Reuters; Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
Miscellaneous resources
- Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Dataopen one credit course with readings
- The Credibility Challengefrom Annenberg Classroom, a hands-on exercise for determining authority on the web.