Month: February 2023

What strategies do good readers use to make sense of what they read?

Topics covered:
-Placing trust wisely
-Why we fall for misinformation
-Understanding our feeds
-Filter bubbles & echo chambers
-Fact checking
-Lateral searching

Check out this informative article on information literacy:

From the article:

• Learning to fact check is an important step towards media literacy. However, real empowerment will require a systemic approach. Our media diets inform us about our world, so consider using your fact-checking skills to cleanse your news feed of junk. Limit your news consumption to the organizations that have a reliable track-record of accurate and less biased coverage, and break out of echo chambers that repeat false or misleading stories. You’ll find yourself less outraged and more informed.

see the rest of article: Don’t Be Fooled… Fact Check!