Fighting Fake News!: Teaching Critical Thinking and Media Literacy in a Digital Age, Paperback

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Educators have long struggled to teach students to be critical consumers of the information that they encounter. This struggle is exacerbated by the amount of information available thanks to the Internet and mobile devices. Students must learn how to determine whether or not the information they are accessing is reputable. Fighting Fake Newsfocuses on applying critical thinking skills in digital environments while also helping students and teachers to avoid information overload. According to a 2016 Pew Research report, we are now living in a world where 62% of people report that they get their ""news"" from social media. With the lessons and activities in this book, students will be challenged to look at the media they encounter daily (including Facebook, You Tube, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, and more) to learn to deepen and extend their media literacy and critical thinking skills. Now more than ever, teachers need the instruction in Fighting Fake Newsto teach students how to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate information.