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Monroe 1&2 Media Literacy: Strategies

Strategies for knowing what's true

  • Learn the types of false news stories and how to spot them
  • Read the bylines - are the authors listed? Credentialed?
  • Use fact-checking sites
  • Reverse Image Search
  • Laterally read: look for other sources that report on and either disagree with or corroborate the story
  • Do some background reading about the news source/organization
  • See if you can find editorial standards for the source

Key Questions for Decoding - Project Look Sharp

Which questions from this document do you think would especially apply to News Media?