This is a great starting point for understanding potential bias in media sources.

https://adfontesmedia.com/

The folks at Crash Course are now offering a course on Media Literacy with 12 episodes on different topics.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY

This website by Ithaca College has a collection of resources for teaching media literacy, fact-checking, and source evaluation.

https://www.projectlooksharp.org/

This organization has been a media watchdog since 1986, long before “fake news” was a term. You may have heard their radio show Counterspin, which gives the news “behind the headlines”. It will make you see the news differently.

https://fair.org/

A non-partisan fact-checking site.

https://www.politifact.com/

Try playing these sneaky games to understand how media manipulations can be used to mislead.

Bad News

https://www.getbadnews.com/#intro

Fake It to Make It

https://www.fakeittomakeitgame.com/

In 2018, the Rand Institute issued a report on “Truth Decay”, as they called the trend away from accepting objective universal reality.

https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay.html

Rand’s Media Literacy tools

https://www.rand.org/topics/media-literacy.html

You probably know Common Sense Media because of their reviews that help you find age-appropriate movies for your kids. But did you know they also have an extensive curriculum for teaching media literacy to kids of all ages? Check it out!

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/

Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology, by Diana Graber

When you hear about idiotic and dangerous TikTok Challenges, do you want to flush your kid’s phone down the toilet? Try reading this book first!

https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Humans-Digital-World-Relationship/dp/0814439799