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Publication Date: 2016-Oct
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Confronting Confirmation Bias: Giving Truth a Fighting Chance in the Information Age
Miller, Alan C.
Social Education, v80 n5 p276-279 Oct 2016
At a time when algorithms shape and filter our newsfeeds, teaching students news literacy--how to differentiate credible information from misinformation--has taken on unprecedented importance.
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Bias, Information Sources, Teaching Methods
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