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News Literacy, Media and Influence

NewsFeed Defenders

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Fight hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting as a NewsFeed Defender!
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Learning Objectives

  • Identify markers of verification, transparency, accountability, and independence in news stories.
  • Define and identify problematic news items, and other news-related types of misinformation.
  • Explain a variety of strategies to verify images and information.
  • Evaluate text for bias based on word choices and framing methods.
  • Use third-party information to judge credibility of a source.
  • Evaluate the benefits and challenges of digital news and social media to a democratic society

Overview

Social Media is everywhere. It can be a great source for news and information, but not all content is created equal. Are your students prepared to separate good information from bad? NewsFeed Defenders sharpens students' news literacy skills.

Welcome to Newsably, a fictional social media site focused on news and information. As NewsFeed Defenders, your students are on a mission to maintain the site and grow traffic. In order to be successful, students will learn the elements of high-quality journalism and markers of deceptive posts. Your students will need to spot fake posts that try to sneak in through hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting.

 

Teacher Tips

The Newsfeed Defenders Extension Pack includes activities and a mini quiz that give the game context and reinforce and assess its concepts. Extension Packs include a downloadable teacher lesson plan, assignable student handout, and instructive Google Slides. Google Slides can be used on projectors or interactive whiteboards.

Multilingual and English learners (ELs/MLs) and Spanish-speaking students: This game offers a decision-support tool, an English voiceover, a contextualized glossary, and a Spanish-language version.

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Made with support from the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics of the Annenberg Public Policy Center

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