Misinformation: MLS Resources

From Washington Post. Guide walks through examples of misleading, deceptive, and malicious videos used to spread misinformation.

Written by Bernadette Rivard, Bellingham Public Library Director

From danah boyd

AASL

by Sarah Kendzior, journalist and researcher on authoritarian states

by Melissa Zimdars under Creative Commons

NPR

The Guardian

Columbia Journalism Review, 2/23/17

KQED News

Forbes Dec 11, 2016 by Kalev Leetaru

study and article from PCWorld

Seattle Times article from 2/6/17

Pew Report from 6/5/2019

Politifact is a fact-checking website.

Sense and Reference: a philosophical library blog

Sense and Reference: a philosophical library blog

Guest post on the ACRLog about the problems with the ubiquitous Media Bias Chart. 2/24/21

Buzzfeed

JSTOR Daily

A Buzzfeed checklist for fake news

Transcript from MA School Library Assoc. (MSLA) Twitter chat on fake news and media literacy (Feb. 8, 2017)

From Psychology Today, December 28, 2016

Neiman Journalism Lab, Harvard, 11/21/2019

From Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, March 1, 2017

From The New Yorker, February 27, 2017 issue

Ongoing
"Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Models for Change is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) and National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD). It seeks to introduce libraries to various dialogue and deliberation approaches, enabling libraries to foster conversation and lead change in their communities."

February 22, 2017
"Talk of fake news and the need for critical thinking skills have been in heavy rotation in the media in recent months, with new calls for the public to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and become more information savvy. However, none of this is new for librarians and information professionals, particularly for those who teach information literacy classes! With this renewed interest, librarians have brand new opportunities to impart these skills to patrons."

March 16, 2017.
"Our popular series returns with all-new presentations on technology in the education space, from helping struggling readers to sorting fact from fiction when it comes to digital information. Led by top practitioners in the field, these one-hour free programs will offer practical insight into these hot topics in tech, with implications for schools and libraries."

Framework for teaching information literacy in higher education

From Humboldt State University

From Harvard University

From Bowdoin College

From Newton South High School Library

From Westborough High School (MA)

From Loyola Marymount University

Lesson plan from Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA)

From the News Literacy Project

From Essential Partners in Cambridge, MA

Lesson plan ideas from the New York Times

Lesson Plan from KQED

Lesson Plan from PBS

Lesson Plan from ReadWriteThink.org

Lesson Plan from the McCormick Foundation

Lesson Plan from AASL

January 26, 2017

January 18, 2017

February 13, 2017