Chapter 1 Toolkit:Disinformation

Not All Information Is Created Equal: The Dangers of Disinformation

What to Read

1 . The Filter Bubble: How the Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think by Eli Pariser

2 . Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It by Richard Stengel

3 . News Literacy Project 

4 . True or False by Cindy L Otis

5. AdFontes Media Bias Chart

What to Watch

1 . The Social Dilemma 

2 . After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

3 . The Great Hack

What You Can Do

1 . Do research. When you hear something shocking or interesting, research different sources and think critically about the information that you find and any discrepancies. 

2 . Don’t share information with others that is not researched and coming from multiple credible sources.

  • Who made this?

    Who paid for this?

    Who might benefit from this message?

    Who might be harmed by it?

    What does this want me to think, or think about?

    What is left out that might be important to know?

    How might different people understand this message differently?

3 . Practice Media Literacy.

News Literacy Project has different free tools to learn about misinformation and disinformation and the ways they show up, as well as practice and test your knowledge with real world examples. You can do all of this on their website, but they also have an app, a new podcast, shareable tips, tools, and quizzes. Common Sense Media has also compiled this list of other media literacy websites.

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