Video on How to Spot Fake News by Factcheck.org
Infographic from Pace University LibGuide
Looking to break out of your Media Bubble?Getting a balanced view of events takes work and action on our parts. The sites below make it a bit easier and help you see and evaluate the bias in various sites or articles.
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How will you evaluate your resources?There are many ways you can evaluate a website or news story. The CRAP test is a good one, and easy to remember!
When you are evaluating a site or story, consider the following: Image from the Pace University LibGuide
There are a plethora of resources to help students evaluate information and websites on the web. Linked below are some which I found particularly useful or interesting or helpful:
Complete a website evaluationUse this website evaluation tool to consider both whether a site or article is credible and if it is worthy of being shared.
This tool was created by me, informed by the tools and guides that I gave you. You could create your own web site evaluation tool in a similar way. Check the facts!There several sites where you can check the information, bias, or reliability of the site or article you are reading or considering. Consider the following list when you want to check the reliability, purpose or point of view of the information you're evaluating.
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