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  Why History Instruction is Critical for Combating Online Misinformation

  The 74 - Lightning Jay

  History class can cultivate critical thinking – but only if teachers and schools understand what critical thinking really means. For years, some …

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  How to Combat Misinformation

  FactCheck.org - By Eugene Kiely

  Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Misinformation is nothing new. It has, however, become ubiquitous and, in some cases, …

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  Will the future of fact-checking flourish or founder? 2025 marks a new turning point - Poynter

  poynter.org - Angie Drobnic Holan

  Every year on April 2, fact-checkers celebrate International Fact-Checking Day. Usually it’s a time for celebration, fun, even for a little …

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  Dozens of Engaging Ways to Make Media Literacy Meaningful to Teenagers

  The New York Times - By Katherine Schulten

  This collection of interactive exercises uses Times resources to help young people find the news that matters to them, understand how it’s made, connect it to their lives — and make media of their own. The Learning Network has been publishing since 1998, and, in a sense, everything we do is related …

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  7 ways to cultivate a healthy news diet

  cascadepbs.org - Sireen Abayazid

  Media literacy and mental health experts from the University of Washington offer their suggestions to fight brain rot, headline anxiety and …

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  This psychological ‘booster’ could help people resist misinformation, a new study finds

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  CNN — If you’ve ever been fooled by oversimplified or misleading claims online, there is more that you can do to protect yourself, a new study finds. Misinformation training can be an effective tool for helping people identify and reject fake news in as little as one month. “This is the first study …