Is Your New Friend on Instagram a BOT?
TweetEver get a DM message request from someone on Instagram you don’t know? Happens to me all the time. They…
Category: Online fakes
Fake News Resources for Teachers
TweetResources to Help You Get Started: Super fun to have everyone jumping on the “fake news” bandwagon – we media…
Fake News Sites & Sources to Avoid:
TweetThere are hundreds of “news” sites online that spread false and misleading information. After doing a bit of research, I’ve…
Media Literacy in a Post-Truth World
TweetWhile my Facebook feed and Twitter timeline wail and gnash their teeth over last night’s election results, I’m actually much…
How Do Our Own Biases Affect our Media Literacy?
TweetWhen I give talks about media literacy, nearly everyone agrees that this is an important, 21st century survival skill. We…
Can Our Students get Hooked by Pfishing?
TweetDo our students know these pfishing tricks? There is so much more to digital citizenship than just how we treat…
Bogus or Bonafide? How to Make Lies Look Legit:
Tweet We’ve all seen these. The viral Facebook posts about privacy. And (hopefully) we all know that they are hoaxes….
Bonafide or Bogus? Investigating a Photo Fake
TweetWith all the stuff flying around social media, it’s important to activate our internal bullshit detectors. My friend John sent…
Can I De-Bunk This Photo in Under 3 Minutes?
TweetWith so much information flying around social media, we need critical thinking. Or, as I call it,”internal bullshit detectors”. This…
How Can Media Literacy Save our Democracy?
TweetCan media literacy save our democracy? You bet. Democracy depends on a well-informed electorate. And the more time I spend…