A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site is terrific for checking up on political claims.
Developed at Stony Brook University, this is designed to help develop critical thinking skills in order to judge the reliability and credibility of information.
Similar to Snopes but tighter in scope, Hoax-Slayer focuses on email hoaxes, identity theft scams and spam.
A professional networking website where you can look up the authors of articles and books to see if they're credible.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.
One of the oldest debunking sites on the Internet, Snopes.com focuses on urban legends, news stories and memes. the also cite their sources at the end of each debunking.
While focused primarily on political facts, it covers specific claims in-depth and with plenty of cross-referencing.
This short, open source book by author Mike Caulfield provides alternative, web-native approaches to news literacy and fact checking.
The Poynter Institute develops resources for journalists and writers, plus offers resources on fact checking and media literacy for the general public.
A nonprofit whose purpose is to provide tools and resources to middle and high school students (and their classrooms) on media literacy
Hoaxy visualizes the spread of claims and related fact checking online. Use Hoaxy to explore how claims spread across social media. Hoaxy is a joint project of the Indiana University Network Science Institute (IUNI) and the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS).
AllSides is a website that rates the bias of news stories and other articles, labeling them according to where they fit on a political spectrum from left to center to right.
One of the ways in which a news source demonstrates its authenticity and responsibility to its readers is through a publicly accessible code of ethics or standards. A sample of various codes, mission statements and ethics handbooks are listed below.
The Stewart/Colbert EffectCalifornia State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) recently introduced a new bill to incorporate media literacy education into school curriculums. Media literacy is the ability to analyze and evaluate information consumed from various media outlets such as websites, social networking sites. television, and radio. Adolescents can spend up to nine hours a day absorbing media from these various sources.
Off Campus:
1. Select Institution: University of Rio Grande & Rio Grande Community College.
2. Your Barcode or Username is simply an “S” followed by your Student ID Number (Example: S300123456).
3. Your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security Number (Example: 1234).
4. Under "Search Options": Select "Full Text" and/or "Scholarly" or "Peer Reviewed" if applicable.
