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Courses taught:
- Digital Research
- Advanced Digital Research
- Fake News, Lies, and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction
Activities
Lesson Plans Contributed
What is “fake news” anyway? Are we living in a post-truth world? These University of Michigan course materials will provide opportunities to discuss and analyze news production, consumption and evaluation. Students will develop the critical thinking skills necessary to be an informed citizen; understand how their worldview affects their interpretation of the news; and create a personal strategy for fact-checking and evaluating the news. Topics include types of “fake news” such as misinformation and disinformation; economic and technological contexts of the news media; psychological and social…