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The Fake News Survival Guide

In an era of fake news and unreliable online information, how do we develop the skills to distinguish what is real from what is fake? Created by a librarian at the Seattle Public Library, this resource list will help you think critically about information and better spot fake news. (updated September 2020)

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15 items

  • The Numbers Game

    the Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life

    Blastland, Michael
    Also available as an e-book.
    Book, 2009New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, [2009] — 510 B6132N 2009
  • Debunk It!

    How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation

    Grant, John, 1949-
    Also available as an e-book.
    Book, 2014San Francisco : Zest Books, [2014] — YA 001.9 G7674D 2014
  • Also available as an e-book.
    Book, 1993New York : Norton, 1993. — 519.5 H8721H 1993
  • The Information Diet

    a Case for Conscious Consumption

    Johnson, Clay A.
    Book, 2012Beijing ; Sebastopol [Calif.] : O'Reilly Media, [2012] — 302.213 J6308i 2012
  • Algorithms of Oppression

    How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

    Noble, Safiya Umoja
    eBook, 2018New York : NYU Press, 2018. — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • The Filter Bubble

    What the Internet Is Hiding From You

    Pariser, Eli
    Also available as an e-book.
    Book, 2011New York : Penguin Press, 2011. — 004.678 P2189F 2011
  • Virtual Unreality

    Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It's True?

    Seife, Charles
    Also available as an e-book.
    Book, 2014New York, New York : Viking, 2014. — 025.04 Se426V 2014
  • Antisocial Media

    How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy

    Vaidhyanathan, Siva
    Book, 2018New York : Oxford University Press, [2018] — 302.231 V191A 2018
  • Streaming Video, 2017[Place of publication not identified] : Motion Masters Film & Video Production, [2017] — EVIDEO ACCESSVID
  • Streaming Video, 2010New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010] — EVIDEO ACCESSVID
  • PolitiFact is a fact-checking website run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida. It rates claims made by politicians on its Truth-o-Meter scale. PolitiFact is widely regarded as one of the best…
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