Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation: Other Resources

From the Poynter Institute

Free access to official publications from all three branches of the U.S. Federal Government. Allows for searching on topics such as Fake News, Misinformation & Disinformation.

Features research reports & other publications on a wide range of legal topics prepared by the Law Library of Congress in response to requests or recurring interest from Congress and other federal government entities on issues concerning foreign, comparative, and international law. Allows for searching on topics such as Misinformation & Disinformation.

An international consortium of news organizations promoting standards of transparency & working with technology platforms to affirm and amplify journalism’s commitment to transparency, accuracy, inclusion, and fairness so that the public can make informed news choices.

Provides well-documented information about corporate public relations (PR) campaigns, including corporate front groups, people who "front" corporate campaigns, and PR operations.

World-class researchers, labs, thought leaders, & practitioners to translate research about misinformation and disinformation into policy, technology design, curriculum development, and public engagement.

A nonpartisan national education nonprofit, provides programs & resources for educators and the public to teach, learn and share the abilities needed to be smart, active consumers of news and information and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.

Access to videos, lesson plans, interactive experiences, & other tools centered around the topic of media literacy.

Provides leadership, public education, professional development and evidence-based educational resources nationally and internationally.

A feature of the Poynter Institute, which is also responsible for fact-checking service PolitiFact.

Provides practical & ethical guidance in how to find, verify and publish content sourced from the social web.

A non-profit project operated by the Poynter Institute which monitors political claims & the progress elected officials make on their campaign promises.

A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.

A fact-checking website which provides evidence-based and contextualized analysis of media stories & aims to debunk or confirm widely spread urban legends. It is the oldest and largest fact-checking site online, widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and readers as an invaluable research companion.

A feature of FactCheck.org & focuses on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.

The political literacy companion site to FactCheck.org and provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads.

An independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public.

Presents news articles & addresses their bias.

A University of Alaska and Alaska Department of Health cooperative to help combat health mis/disinformation

eBooks. UAF login required.

Weekly lecture series with Zoom Q&A on the topic of Disinformation

Available on Netflix

Several presentations featuring Craig Silverman, renowned author, journalist and expert of Fake News, misinformation and media bias.

Has educator resources on the topic of misinformation and disinformation

Provides a lesson for students which covers evaluation of sources for authenticity

Provides a curriculum on the topic of disinformation

Provides a course on finding and evaluating information

Carl T. Bergstrom & Jevin West provide a curriculum entitled ‘Calling Bullshit’

A college-level starter course on disinformation and online information literacy

Provides a Digital Citizenship Curriculum for K12 students

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