Shirin Ali: Media Literacy is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Experts Say, The Hill
As misinformation and disinformation have inundated the internet on topics ranging from the current conflict in Ukraine to COVID-19, advocates are pushing to have media literacy taught in schools. That’s a process of critically assessing information found on the internet, which experts argue is becoming increasingly essential to the well-being and full participation in economic and civic life. Click
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Kai Kuppferschmidt: Detecting Bullshit - Studying the spread of misinformation should become a top scientific priority, says biologist Carl Bergstrom, Science
An evolutionary biologist at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, Bergstrom has studied the evolution of cooperation and communication in animals, influenza pandemics, and the best ways to rank scientific journals. But over the past 5 years, he has become more and more interested in how “bullshit” spreads through our information ecosystem. Click
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John Henley: How Finland Starts Its Fight Against Fake News in Primary Schools, The Guardian
With democracies around the world threatened by the seemingly unstoppable onslaught of false information, Finland – recently rated Europe’s most resistant nation to fake news – takes the fight seriously enough to teach it in primary school. Click
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Jeremy Nuttall: Never Say Fake News! Plus Other Advice from Taiwan on Countering Disinformation, The Toronto Star
Taiwan’s success in battling online disinformation campaigns can yield lessons for other countries also struggling to counter false narratives and mistruths shared online, says the country’s digital minister. Click
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Charlie Warzel, Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole, New York Times
Resist the lure of rabbit holes by following the SIFT strategy: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes, references in the article. Click HERE to read.