Develop critical media literacy skills through a comprehensive series of lectures and exercises. Explore techniques for selecting reliable news sources, identifying and countering online trolls, and recognizing the spread of false information. Learn to analyze misleading graphs and statistics, detect problematic headlines, and spot clickbait. Dive into logical fallacies, including those that have influenced medical practices and sparked historical witch hunts. Understand why people fall for misinformation and examine methods used to manipulate data and arguments. By the end of this educational content, gain valuable tools to navigate the complex media landscape and make informed decisions about the information you encounter.
Overview
Syllabus
How to choose your news - Damon Brown.
Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? - Claire Wardle.
How false news can spread - Noah Tavlin.
How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz.
How statistics can be misleading - Mark Liddell.
Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan.
This one weird trick will help you spot clickbait - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan.
Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? - Alex Gendler.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? - Elizabeth Cox.
Why people fall for misinformation - Joseph Isaac.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? - Elizabeth Cox.
Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox.
The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith.
Taught by
TED-Ed
