Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News

Featuring tools, activities, and insightful stories from a CIA analyst and instructor with 30+ years' experience, this practical and engaging book supports busy educators to teach the lifelong skills of news and media literacy to their students.

Roy S. Whitehurst is a retired Media Analyst Instructor for the CIA. Roy spent 30+ years evaluating written information, photos, videos, and other media collected by the CIA before becoming an instructor, teaching media literacy skills to new CIA analysts.

1. How Young People Consume News Part 1: Learn the Skills 2. Playing On Our Emotions, Mindset, and Biases 3. The Information and Social Media Ecosystems 4. The Persuasive Power of Visuals 5. Evaluate Photos 6. Evaluate Videos 7. Evaluate Memes 8. Evaluate Ads 9. Evaluate Charts 10. Can You Fact-Check It? 11. Fact-Check It! 12. How to Spot a Bot 13. Artificial Intelligence: Embracing It Responsibly to Enhance Learning Part 2: Go Deeper 14. Spot Disinformation Game 15. Evaluate Text-Based Arguments 16. Evaluate Visual-Based Arguments 17. Spot Fallacies 18. Spot Manipulation Tactics Part 3: Apply the Skills Throughout the School Year 19. Evaluate Pop Culture, Civics, ELA, and Social Studies Events