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Information Literacy and Research Skills: Fact, Opinion, and Bias

How to find, evaluate and effectively use information.

The Age of Information, But Who's Supplying It?

The Media! The Liberal Media! Mainstream Media! Corporate Media!

How can you tell what's what and who to trust??

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has complied a list of questions to ask when you are evaluating a news source. In print, you can look at the publisher and find out what types of books are printed at the publishing house, who is the author or editor, and whether they have any questionable affiliations. Online resources have the same information available in their "About" or "Who we are" pages. If you can't find this information, don't trust the sources. 

Media Bias

From TED

Digital Literacy

With so much information communicated digitally and through the internet it is important to understand digital literacy. This means not just understanding HOW a device works but understanding HOW to evaluate the information that is being shared.

Digital literacy: functional skills, creativity, critical thinking and evaluation, cultural and social understanding, collaboration, ability to find and select information, effective communication, e-safety

Internet is Full of Crazy Stuff

Fact vs. Opinion

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