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Tracking Lies: Determining the Credibility of Internet Information



This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a tweet, a blog post and a factchecking webpage for credibility of Internet information.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

High School, College

Media Type(s)

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Webpage

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

View Standards

Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: Informational text (RI), Speaking and Listening (SL)