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Download full textHead, Alison J.; DeFrain, Erica; Fister, Barbara; MacMillan, Margy – Online Submission, 2019
This paper reports results from a mixed-methods study about how college students engage with news when questions of credibility and "fake news" abound in the U.S. Findings are based on 5,844 online survey responses, one open-ended survey question (N=1,252),and 37 follow-up telephone interviews with students enrolled at 11 U.S. colleges…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Student Behavior, Credibility, Information Sources
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2019
The high profile of fake news reveals underlying trends in the production and consumption of news. While news literacy is a lifelong skill, the logical time to start teaching such literacy is in K-12 educational settings, so that all people have the opportunity to learn and practice news literacy. School librarians can play a critical role in…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Critical Literacy, Deception, Teaching Methods
