#279 – Protecting Yourself From Misinformation

Protecting Yourself From Misinformation

In today’s episode, we’ll explore six strategies that you can use to protect yourself—and your students—from misinformation.

Six Strategies

• Understand the basics:
  • Definitions
  • Why it’s a problem
• Understand disinformation strategies:
  • Identifying strategies
  • Playing Bad News from the University of Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab
• Be aware of what tech companies are (and are not) doing:
  • Labeling content
  • Restricting political ads
  • Self-policing
• Engage in “prebunking”:
  • Inoculation theory
  • Misinformation effect
• Follow a diversity of news sources:
  • Multiple perspectives
  • Avoiding echo chambers
  • Avoiding filter bubbles
• Verify questionable content:
  • Misinformation & Fake News research guide from CWU Libraries
  • Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers by Michael Caulfield

For more information about this topic, explore the following AVID Open Access article collection: Become Information and Media Literate.