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What is Media Literacy?
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Fact Checkers' Code of Principles
Evaluate Your Sources
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Media Representation
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Browser Extensions
NewsGuard
Browser extension that rates the credibility and transparency of news sites.
PolitEcho
Chrome browser extension shows how biased your social media feed is. Read more about it
here
.
Re-Search
Browser extension makes image searching gender-balanced
Fact Checkers
PolitiFact
Pulitzer prize-winning fact checker of political news, operated by the Tampa Bay Times.
FactCheck.org
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
Snopes
Award-winning independent fact-checking site founded in 1995 by owner/operator and registered independent voter David Mikkelson
AP News Fact Check
Verify the latest news with AP Fact Check. AP fact checkers combat misinformation by debunking false and misleading claims.
Reuters Fact Check
Examining social media narratives and misinformation
Other Tools
Easy Who Is
Is an article or site not listing an author? Unsure about its credibility? Easy Who Is lets you type in any URL and find out who owns it.
FlackCheck.org
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, this companion to FactCheck.org provides educational resources to improve political literacy skills.
Television Explorer
From the Internet Archive - an interactive timeline visualization that lets you trace how any keyword has been covered on U.S. television news.
Verification Handbook
How to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.
Classroom Activity/Assignment Banks
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox
From the Association of College & Research Libraries
Digital Resource Center
From the Center for News Literacy
Media Education Lab
Provides free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills, and competencies
NewseumED
Free learning tools on media literacy and our First Amendment freedoms, from the Newseum
News Literacy Project Educator Tools
Includes a newsletter, resource library, podcast, and more.
Fact Checkers' Code of Principles
International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ code of principles
Developed by Poynter.com's International Fact-Checking Network in 2016 and signed by nonpartisan media outlets around the world.
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