LibGuides: Welcome to Urban's Library Resources: Mis(dis)information &amp; Media Literacy

Thinking critically about what informs us.

How do you recognize fact from fiction, reliable information from unreliable information?

You can use one of these two helpful guides!

CRAAP for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose

PROVEN for Purpose, Relevance, Objectivity, Verifiability, Expertise and Newness

Ad Fontes Media
Ad Fontes is latin for "to the source" and this group rates the news for reliability and bias.
MonaChalabi.com
A data journalist who writes for Five Thirty Eight, NYT, The Guardian and other publications. She writes articles based on, you guessed it, data and sound research, with amusing and very informative graphics she illustrates. Check out her TedTalk below on spotting bad statistics.
News Literacy Project
Resources to be informed consumers of news and information, and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.
Observatory on Social Media
Studying the role of media and technology in society to curb the spread of misinformation and manipulation online and in social media.
Trustworthy Media
A news aggregator that collects headlines from 300+ independent media sources all in one place, updated throughout the day, featuring only independent, nonprofit, community-based journalism.

On the Media
Weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview.
Social media and Democracy
Training your brain to fight misinformation and partisanship.
Why humans fall prey to misinformation and what we can do about it.