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Operation InfeKtion: A New York Times three-part short video series on Russian disinformation.

“Operation InfeKtion” reveals the ways in which one of the Soviets’ central tactics — the promulgation of lies about America — continues today, from Pizzagate to George Soros conspiracies.

ASU News Co/Lab YouTube channel

Q&A's and short videos on topics such as media literacy, misinformation, and news.

Based at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication,the News Co/Lab works to advance media literacy through journalism, education and technology.

A panel presented by The Poynter Institute and sponsored by the Frank E. Duckwall Foundation and Duke University. May 2017.

Panelists:

Dylan Byers - Senior Media Reporter for CNN Media and CNN Politics
David Folkenflik - Media Correspondent for NPR News
Bill Adair - Knight Professor of Journalism and Public Policy, Duke University and creator of Politifact
Indira Lakshmanan - Newark Chair in Journalism Ethics at the Poynter Institute

A panel presented by University of California Berkeley. January, 2017.

Panelists:

Adam Mosseri - Facebook's Vice President of News Feed
Craig Newmark - Web Pioneer, Speaker and Philanthropist
Laura Sydell - National Public Radio (NPR) Digital Culture Correspondent
Catherine Crump - Professor and Co-Director of Berkeley Law's Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason - UC Berkeley's University Librarian and Professor at the School of Information

Moderated by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Edward Wasserman

Teaching Truth and Trust in an Era of Digital Dissensus - Presented by the OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film, OSU's Writing Intensive Curriculum and the OSU Libraries Library Faculty Association Seminar Series. January 29, 2021

Join hosts Alex Werndli and Caryn Stoess of Oregon State's Writing Intensive Curriculum Program with Sarah Perault of the School of Writing, Literature and Film in a conversation with Mike Caulfield.

Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online
Report on study done by Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) on the topic of media literacy in young people.
Inside the Macedonian Fake-News Complex
Magazine article by Samanth Subramanian. Wired Magazine.
Fighting fake news: How libraries can lead the way on media literacy
Magazine article by Marcus Banks. American Libraries Magazine.
Solving the problem of fake news
Magazine article by Nicholas Lemann. The New Yorker.
Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
A CBC News article summarizing the results of an Ipsos Public Affairs poll.
Putin's long war against American science
A New York Times article exploring the health disinformation coming out of Russia.
Canadian video debunking fake online health claims becomes viral hit
Viral Facebook video promises easy answers but delivers hard lesson about critical thinking.

The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a global leader in journalism. It is the world’s leading instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and inform citizens.
NewsGuard
Get detailed trust ratings for 6,000+ news websites that account for 95% of online engagement with news.
HKS Misinformation Review
Reviews and publishes high-quality interdisciplinary research that examines misinformation from different perspectives, from its prevalence and impact to the effectiveness of possible interventions.
The Trust Project
The Trust Project is an international consortium of news organizations building standards of transparency and working with technology platforms to affirm and amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion, and fairness so that the public can make informed news choices.
Media Bias/Fact Check
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet. MBFC is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.
Global Voices
Global Voices is an international, multilingual, primarily volunteer community of writers, translators, academics, and human rights activists. They report on people whose voices and experiences are rarely seen in mainstream media, translate stories into dozens of languages, defend free speech online, and empower underrepresented communities to tell their own stories.

Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers
A free ebook by Michael A. Caufield that aims to teach students to evaluate the information that they come across through social media.
Bad News information sheet
A guide to the Bad News game (see Test Your Knowledge tab), including background information, how the game works, and the different aspects of disinformation.
Journalism, fake news & disinformation: Handbook for journalism education and training
A handbook from UNESCO developed in response to the problem of global disinformation in journalism and society.
A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders
Explores the use of digital methods to study false viral news, political memes, trolling practices and their social life online.
Verification Handbook: For Disinformation and Media Manipulation
This book equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation.

Fake News - Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries
This guide explores fake news as a contemporary phenomenon that it is increasingly important for academics to understand.
Fake News - Fordham University Libraries
Understanding the Fake News Ecosystem
Fake News, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Learning to Critically Evaluate Media Sources - Cornell University Library
A fake news research guide from Cornell University Library
How to Spot Fake News - Toronto Public Library
Information on fake news from Toronto Public Library

Mediactive: How to participate in our digital world
We’re in an age of information overload. Learn how media literacy principles can help you make sense of your digital media environment.
Teaching News Literacy Through Polarizing Current Events: Webinar
In this webinar, expert Vanessa Otero takes a look at coverage of current topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic and racial inequality through the lens of media bias and reliability.
Check, Please! Starter Course
A free online course developed by Michael Caulfield that will show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons.

Bad News Game
From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can.
Can you spot the Deepfake video?
Share how confident you are that a video is or is not a DeepFake.
Break the Fake
See if you can tell which of these stories are true, and which are fake.
Fakeout
Your social media feed has been infected by false information. Your job is to learn the skills of verification, so you can sort fact from fiction — in the game, and in real life.
Go Viral
A 5-minute game that helps protect you against Covid-19 misinformation