LibGuides: Media Literacy and Fake News: Books and Videos

Books for Kids

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka; Lane Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: CMC P J Sci
ISBN: 9780670827596
Publication Date: 1989
The wolf tells HIS side of the story. Grades 2 to 6.
The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story by Darcy Pattison; Peter Willis (Illustrator)
Call Number: CMC j363.31 Pat
ISBN: 9781629440835
Publication Date: 2017
Fake news is nothing new. Here's a fake news story from 1937! Grades 3-5.
The Strangest Dinosaur That Never Was by Marilyn P. Arnone
Call Number: CMC [Text] 001.64 Lib 2003
ISBN: 1591581486
Publication Date: 2003-05-30
Set of two books, a picture book and Educator's Guide, that guides students through the process of identifying an internet hoax. Grades 3 to 5.

Books for Adults

Digital Citizenship in Action by Kristen Mattson
Call Number: CMC HM742 .M375 2017
ISBN: 9781564843937
Publication Date: 2017
Practical strategies for teaching students not only about personal responsibility, but how to actively engaging in the online community.
Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans by Nancy Fawley; Nikki Krysak
Call Number: 2nd floor Z711.25.C65 D57 2016
ISBN: 9780838988916
Publication Date: 2016
A collection of lessons designed by and for instruction librarians in higher education to promote critical thinking and engaged learning. For grades 9 and up.
Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers; Robert E. Probst
Call Number: On order
ISBN: 9781338132908
Publication Date: 2017
Discusses the concept of "responsible reading" when the reader reads with an open mind and looks for evidence that may or may not support their opinion.
Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era by Nicole A. Cooke
Call Number: on order
ISBN: 9780838916360
Publication Date: 2018
The author explores the rise of fake news, and suggests techniques to help identify it. She also explores how librarians can help users of all ages think more critically about information,
The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser
Call Number: 2nd floor ZA4237 .P37 2011
ISBN: 9780143121237
Publication Date: 2012
Internet activist Eli Pariser describes how websites use information about a user to show only information which agrees with the user's point of view.
Online Filter Bubbles by Paula Johanson (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd floor Z667.6 .O55 2018
ISBN: 9781534501751
Publication Date: 2017
A collection of essays that examine various perspectives about filter bubbles.
Web of Deceit: Misinformation and Manipulation in the Age of Social Media. by Anne P. Mintz (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781937290627
Publication Date: 2012

Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
An open textbook by Mike Caulfield to help students evaluate information found on the internet. He identifies four "moves" in the process: Check for previous work, Go upstream to the source, Read laterally, and Circle back:.

Online Videos

5 Ways to Spot Fake News
This brief one-minute video gives five tips to help verify if information is real or fake. From CommonSense.org for grade 6 to adult.
Double Check Your Facts
A 2 1/2 minute video from the News Literacy Project, "The Easiest Quiz of All Time" reinforces the need to check your facts.
How to Choose Your News
Educator Damon Brown narrates this 5 minute video about how the dissemination of news has changed and strategies for making sure you get the story straight. Grades 6-12.
Helping Students Identify Fake News with the Five C's of Critical Consuming
John Spencer introduces the 5 C's of Critical Consuming (Context, Credibility, Construction, Corroboration and Compare.)

Podcast

You Are Not So Smart
In this blog/podcast journalist David McRaney explores the research that suggest we have little awareness of why we act or think the way we do.

Media Literacy and Fake News: Books and Videos

Books and Videos for Teaching News Literacy

Books for Kids

Books for Adults

Online Videos

Podcast