Fact-checking and Fake News

Catalog description

With daily charges of "fake news" flying off the tongues of politicians and citizens alike, there has never been a better time to learn how to be a fact-checker. In this course, students will dabble in the art of fact-checking and arm themselves with media literacy tools to help them discern fact from fiction. In addition to the required course texts, students will read articles and analyses, listen to podcasts and watch films that will provide fodder for discussions about the fake news debate that occupies the current moment in history.