LibGuides: News Literacy: Practice

Pandemic News Literacy Assignment

News Literacy During the COVID-19 Crisis
Use this template to create enough handouts with unique claims related to the pandemic for each student or student group. You might choose to use a mixture or true and false claims.

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Food Babe: How Food Companies Exploit Americans
This article claims that US consumers ingest chemicals that people in other countries don't. Is that true? What else does this article imply?
Spoon University: Drinking Tequila Could Help You Lose Weight
Can you find enough evidence to prove or disprove this claim?
Counter Current News: Marijuana Does Not Lower IQ
Up for the challenge of proving or disproving this one?
News 4
Who are the authors of the articles on this website?

Discussion Questions:

1. What is the role of news media?

2. Describe a technique to minimize bias while utilizing news sources in order to be informed about a topic.

3. Identify one positive and one negative aspect of Internet based news media.

4. What is the difference in receiving information about a topic from a Tweet and from a news story?