Media Literacy: Web Links
Interactive Sites
Below is some interactive websites that can be used to test your Media Literacy critical thinking skills.
Media Bias Chart
The Media Bias chart is an interactive chart, where you will hoover over the news agencies on the map and you will get multiple dots,
- The green dots are the most reliable source for news
- The yellow dots are reliable source for news, but high in analysis / opinion content
- The orange dots are for those agencies which have some reliability issues and / or extremism
- The red dots are for agencies which have serious reliability issues and / or extremism
Use this link to view this interactive chart: https://adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/
Podcast
- Daily Tech UpdateIn 60 seconds, you’ll know the most burning tech issue of the day or perhaps a new tech trick for your digital life. Short and to the point, this podcast keeps you informed without any fanfare. Give Kim Komando one minute of your day and you’ll gain a ton of tech know-how you can use to sound smart with your family and friends.
- Dig DeeperDig Deeper: Critical Thinking in the Digital Age is a monthly podcast that examines issues related to critical thinking and digital literacy. Presented by MindEdge Learning, a leader in online learning technology, Dig Deeper seeks to spark a conversation about the abundance of false and misleading information on the Internet – and the need for today’s students to ask a lot more questions about what they find there. Interviews with journalists, academics, authors, and others who do research for a living will illuminate the challenges and rewards of looking for truth in the online world
- Hidden BrainThis podcast explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.
