Equip yourself to be your own FactChecker. The Journal FactCheck’s Knowledge Bank is a media literacy resource helping the public fact-check for themselves. It offers explainers on key topics and a toolkit of guides and tips to identify misinformation, empowering users to navigate complex news and spot false content that are conversation and debate starters
This comprehensive Workshop in a Box provides the resources needed to deliver a ‘Be Media Smart workshop’ where participants can learn about engaging with digital media content. Also includes guidelines: Building strategies to analyse media content and information. Please click on the links below to access the content:
Soláthraíonn an cheardlann i mbosca na hacmhainní a theastaíonn uathu chun ceardlann litearthachta sna meáin a sholáthar do mhúinteoirí, leabharlannaithe, ceannairí pobail agus éascaitheoirí foghlama eile. Is é aidhm na ceardlainne na cleachtais is fearr maidir le dul i ngleic le hábhar meán digiteach a phlé leis na rannpháirtithe, agus feasacht a ardú faoin bhfadhb
The TeaMLit online course helps primary and secondary school teachers in all settings become media literate and bring media literacy into the classrooms. The course focuses on 3 levels (for me as a teacher, for me and my colleagues, for the whole school) and consists of 5 modules. Please click on the link below to
The Conspiracy Test is a gamified interactive platform to help increase healthy scepticism for conspiracy theories. Users can select a theory they think might be true, set a baseline of scepticism, and challenge themselves through a series of self-directed steps to increase their critical thinking score. This is a collaboration between the School of Thought
Lateral reading is a powerful and effective technique used by factcheckers to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of information online. The Civic Online Reasoning project from the Stanford University offers a sequence of lessons that teachers can use to model lateral reading and guide students through a series of structured activities to develop and improve
The 2023 Digital News Report by Reuters Institute shows insights on digital news consumption. The material is useful for people who want to have a better understanding of the current state of digital news consumption around the globe, and it also serves as a teaching resource for classes that discuss news media and journalism. Podcast-
This report from Ofcom, the UK media regulator, gives an insight into the online news landscape and how people consume online news. The use of social media as people’s main route to access news can blur the boundaries between news, entertainment, and social content, which can create difficulties in thinking critically when it comes to