Helpful Books
The Misinformation Age by Call Number: BF323.E7 O23 2019ISBN: 9780300234015Publication Date: 2019-01-08
The Truth in Our Times by Call Number: KF2750.M377 2019ISBN: 9781250184429Publication Date: 2019-03-12
Globalization and Media by Call Number: P94.6 .L845 2018ISBN: 9781538106266Publication Date: 2017-11-17
Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies by Call Number: PN4784.F27 B37 2018ISBN: 9781538108895Publication Date: 2018-06-25
The Death and Life of American Journalism by Call Number: PN4867.2 .M33 2010ISBN: 9781568586052Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Evaluating Media Bias by Call Number: PN4888.O25 S35 2018ISBN: 9781442265653Publication Date: 2017-07-13
This video is presented by Kurt Andersen, author of the book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. In the video Andersen breaks down his thesis. It's a fascinating look at American history and the post-truth era.
Research in the Era of COVID: Workshop Materials
Interactive Nearpod Tutorials
Possible Activities
These activities are from Project Cora, an online open access resource for faculty and librarians. Although they have been designed with library instruction in mind, they can easily be converted to ant classroom.
Academic Resources
- Center For News LiteracyThe Center For News Literacy is a website devoted to a curriculum developed at Stony Brook University in New York. It has online learning modules and resources for teachers.
- Eastern Michigan University LibraryResouces for faculty. Includes links for lessons, activities, free web courses and articles.
- PBSFake news lesson plan
- Pew Research CenterIncludes studies and polls on news media and fake news
- Programming LibrarianA list of helpful websites, news articles and webinars relating to fake news
- NewseumEDFree sign-up includes lesson plans, activities, videos, online tutorials, and professional development.
