by David Hiller It was easier to figure out what news sources to trust when I was growing up in Chicago. You could read the Chicago Tribune […]
Tag: information literacy
The war’s second front
As the wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas rage on, there is a secondary war being waged — on information and truth. As Kyle […]
The importance of reliable sources
A Wisconsin Supreme Court judge recently made headlines for editing her own Wikipedia page to remove links to news articles she considered critical of her, instead replacing […]
Keep up the fight against misinfo
The good news about news consumption during the 2020 election is that fewer Americans were exposed to “untrustworthy websites” — misinformation — compared with the 2016 election, […]
4 ways to fight information exhaustion
by Jessi Hollis McCarthy Each April Fools’ Day, you might brace yourself for tricks from friends and family and on social media. With all the swirling in […]
Media literacy can help democracy
While the internet has increased access to information and has often been a force for good, it has also contributed to making many people misinformed, uninformed and […]
Misinformation got an $8 upgrade
When Elon Musk purchased Twitter, he was quick to lay off staff, scare off advertisers (though not intentionally) and whine about possible bankruptcy. As part of his […]
Teaching students to scrutinize fact from fiction online
A new Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind […]
Aug. 14 letters to the editor
We have an obligation to search for truth We are too immature as a society to be trusted with social media. We jump to conclusions. We spread […]
What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information
by Sam Wineburg and Nadav Ziv On TikTok you’re liable to find restaurant recommendations, lip-syncing snippets and false claims stating that COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal tissue […]
