News Literacy : Helping Students and Teachers Decode Fake News

This book provides a resource for educators to develop students news literacy skills. Our society faces international challenges from cyber attacks and dissemination of fake news with a goal to destabilize our society. Fake news can be used as a weapon with destructive effects as powerful as any military attack. Fake news can spread as fast as a wildfire carried on the winds of social media. Students and all citizens need to be prepared and informed of ways to quickly understand and distinguish real and fake news. Preventing the potential destructive effects of fake news is the purpose of this book. The focus is upon providing a resource for educators to develop "news literacy" skills of students in objectively evaluating the news Background And Hurdles For Evaluating The News. Background -- Hurdles -- Sources And Terms Of Accurate And Fake News. Sources -- Terms And Vocabulary -- Collecting Information In Real And Fake News. Obtaining A Sample Of Persons Or Documents -- Instruments Used To Collect Information -- Types Of Information -- Analyzing Information -- Interpreting Information -- Promises Or Recommendations -- How Fake News Persuades. Techniques Of Fake News Communication -- Fake News About Education -- Preventing Fake News From Spreading. Protecting Against Fake News -- Instructional Activities -- Recommendations. Robert W. Janke And Bruce S. Cooper. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.