Patricia Kitchen, The News Literacy Project
The Internet, 24-hour cable TV, social media — the rate at which we now share and receive information can be overwhelming. But what happens when false information is spread and people absorb and act on it before checking it out? Even those at the highest levels of our government in the case of former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod. How can students know if the information they receive is true? This session will look at what happens when misinformation goes viral and people fail to check its accuracy, and present students with the tools they need to discern what is credible from the what is incredible the media.
