Hewes Library: COMM 101: Fundamentals of Communication: Media Bias Chart + More

Media bias charts, information evaluation, and other helpful activities

Media Bias Charts
Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart | AllSides Media Bias Chart

Information Evaluation Chart
Printable version of the evaluation chart above.

Evaluating News Sites: Credible or Clickbait?
Activity created by Candice Benjes-Small (Information Literacy & Outreach, Radford University)
Evaluating Sources in a ‘Post-Truth’ World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning About Fake News
Lesson plan examples from The New York Times
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Information evaluation resources from MERLOT, a "cooperative initiative to provide peer-reviewed digital learning materials"

Fact-Checking Resources

Library database resources provide published, peer-reviewed information sources. Start your research here, rather than Google.

Snopes.com : One of the oldest debunking sites on the Internet, Snopes.com focuses on urban legends, news stories and memes and cite their sources at the end of each debunking.

FactCheck : A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site assists in checking up on political claims.

Politifact : The Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.

LinkedIn : A professional networking website that can help look up the individuals to view background and credentials.

Fact-Checking Sites : A list of additional reputable websites to help check a claim. From "Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers" by Michael A. Caulfield.