News literacy
Subtitle: the keys to combating fake news
By: Michelle Luhtala and Jacquelyn Whiting
Contributors: Whiting, Jacquelyn, author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781440861529
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Fake news; Electronic information resource literacy; Internet literacy; Influence; Media literacy; Study and teaching; Mass media; Press; Information literacy; Objectivity
Description: "The focus on fake news, 'alternative facts,' and general media mendacity distracts us from a very real educational challenge: teaching students the skills and dispositions that make them careful and thorough researchers. This is hard work, and there are no easy recipes to facilitate the process. However, with carefully scaffolded lessons that nurture students to become increasingly savvy inquirers, readers, and writers, librarians and content area educators can help students meet these challenges and become informed, active citizens"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to news literacy; title: A brief history of disinformation; title: What the research says about students' media literacy; title: Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and likes, oh my!; title: The stages of research : a model; title: Lessons for developing information literacy. Developing research questions ; Overcoming student resistance to close reading; title: Citations are a tool for source evaluation; title: Big takeaways; title: Longer unit of study; title: Rubrics.