Topic: Fake News APA Format - 5-7pages of body text (1,500 to 2,000 words) **Outline and References Included**

Aisch, G., Huang, J., & Kang, C. (2016, December 10). Dissecting the #PizzaGate 
     conspiracy theories [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from The New York Times 
     website: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/ 
     pizzagate.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 
       Analysis of how the false news about Hillary Clinton and illegal 
       activities spiraled into a viral fake news story, a shooting in the pizza 
       shop, and continued belief that mainstream media is colluding and 
       covering up the illegal activities. Article contains a very useful infographic.

Brown, D. (2014, June 5). How to choose your news - Damon Brown [Video file]. 
     Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Y-z6HmRgI 
       An overview of the evolution of the news environment and strategies for 
       verifying and responsibly sharing news. 

Domonoske, C. (2016, November 23). Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell 
     Fake News From Real, Study Finds. Retrieved January 18, 2017, from NPR 
     website: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/ 
     study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real Overview of research with examples suitable for lessons.  

Evaluating information: The cornerstone of civic online reasoning (Stanford 
     History Education Group, Comp.). (2016, November). Retrieved from Stanford 
     University website: https://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/ 
     Executive%20Summary%2011.21.16.pdf 
       Executive summary of the Stanford Study on information and media 
       literacy among students and their evaluation skills when assessing news 
       sources. 

Maheshwari, S. (2016, November 20). How fack news goes viral: A case study 
     [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from The New York Times website: 
     http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/media/ 
     how-fake-news-spreads.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-head 
     ing&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 
       Analysis of a now deleted Tweet that spawned the fake-news phenomenon of 
       anti-Trump protesters being bused into Austin, TX.

Shellenbarger, S. (2016, November 21). Most students don't know when news is 
     fake, Stanford Study finds [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from The Wall Street 
     Journal website: http://www.wsj.com/articles/ 
     most-students-dont-know-when-news-is-fake-stanford-study-finds-1479752576?mod=e2f 
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       Low media literacy skills among students paired with lack of media and 
       information literacy skills instruction. "Echo chamber effect" of social 
       media amplifies bias. 

Sydell, L. (2016, November 23). We tracked down a fake-news creator in the 
     suburbs. Here's what we learned [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from NPR 
     website: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/ 
     npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs 
       Investigation into the source of a false but widely shared report that 
       an FBI agent tied to the Hillary Clinton email investigation was found 
       dead in an apparent murder-suicide. The source was a WordPress blog named 
       Denverguardian.com. The owner of the site was a man named Jestin Coler, 
       and he has a history of generating alt-right fake-news that is 
       distributed through a variety of alt-right sites. He reports that he and 
       his fake-news associates have tried to write fake news for liberals, but 
       "they never take the bait." Coler's company, Disinfomedia, owns many faux 
       news sites. He earns money from the ads on his sites. 

Valenza, J. (2016, November 26). Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news 
     literacy toolkit for a "post-truth" world. School Library Journal. 
     Retrieved from http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/11/26/ 
     truth-truthiness-triangulation-and-the-librarian-way-a-news-literacy-toolkit-for- 
     a-post-truth-world/ 
       Overview of the scholarly research done on student information literacy 
       and general rules of thumb for assessing news accuracy. 

Wineberg, S., & McGrew, S. (2016, November 1). Why students can't Google their 
     way to the truth. Education Week. Retrieved from http://mobile.edweek.org/ 
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       Concise explanation of the Stanford Study and student behaviors when 
       consuming news.