Are you struggling to figure out what's credible in the news? Or maybe you'd just like to become a fact checking expert? The CSUDH Library has you covered with our newly created Media Literacy materials which help you learn (or teach) how to think critically about all forms of media. O
ur materials include videos with guided discussion questions, infographics, interactive tutorials with proof of completion, and assignment ideas.
Act like a professional fact checker and take our interactive Lateral Reading Tutorial. In this tutorial you can practice reading across web pages to verify information instead of staying stuck reading vertically on one website. Or try our Evaluating Information Tutorial which looks at what makes a resource credible.
Or perhaps you're an aspiring savvy news consumer? In that case, you may enjoy our Fairness & Balance video (2:18) which details how these concepts can be used to evaluate news coverage.
Pair this with our Anatomy of a News Website (3:14) video to really round out your viewing playlist.
Last but not least, keep your biases in check with our handy dandy Cognitive Biases Infographic.
You can explore all these materials and more at https://libguides.csudh.edu/media-literacy