News Literacy & News Sources

Fact-checkers and students approach websites differently. Why, and in what ways?

A selection of some of the peer-reviewed scholarship and research in the growing study of hoaxes, alternative facts, and misinformation. Cross-reference with our databases for access.

Brooke Borel at the FiveThirtyEight Blog asks us to think about the bigger picture. What's at stake with misinformation: is it truth...or power?

Long before “fake news” became a household word, Renee Hobbs was developing media literacy curricula programs for U.S. classrooms. What set her work apart from other educators was her interest in how students – and teachers – acquire and develop media literacy competencies.