Seth Ashley, an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Media, recently published an article in The Conversation titled, “Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy.”
Ashley writes: “Separating fact from fiction is a vital skill for civic engagement, but students can be good fact-checkers only if they have a broader understanding of how news and information are produced and consumed in the digital age. Here are five questions students should be taught to ask…”