Online Resources

Here are some books, websites, podcasts, and games that can give you a better understanding of online manipulation. There are also resources for teachers who want to incorporate media literacy awareness in the classroom. Please contact me with your recommendations.

Book RECOMMENDATIONS

• Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

• Post-Truth by Lee McIntyre

• Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News by Clint Watts

• The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote by Sharyl Attkisson

• Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics by Benkler, Faris, and Roberts

How TO SPOT FAKE NEWS

• The Definitive List of 176 Fake News Sites

• How is Fake News Spread? Bots, People like You, Trolls, and Microtargeting

• How to spot fake news

• Printable guide for spotting fake news

• 4 Tips for Spotting a Fake News Story

Understanding Deepfakes

• Deepfakes Are Coming. We Can No Longer Believe What We See.

• Campaigns Should Prepare for Deepfakes

• What are ‘deepfakes’ and how might they be dangerous

• Imagine World Leaders Singing

• Inside the Pentagon’s race against deepfake videos

PODCASTS

• I Can’t Believe it’s Not News

• The Disinformation Age

• FNU: The Fake News Update (satire)

• Inoculating Fake News and Disinformation on Social Media (episode)

• On the Media

In-DEPTH

• The Mueller Report, Annotated

• The godfather of fake news

• How Fake News Goes Viral

• The Washington Post’s Guide to Manipulated Video

• 60 Minutes Investigation: Fake News

TEACHING RESOURCES

• A lesson plan on fake news and disinformation

• Lesson plans on Media Misinformation, Viral Deception and Fake News

• Teaching Strategies to Detect Fake News

• The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Source Credibility

• News and Media Literacy Collection

Games

• Factitious

• Bad News

• Fake It To Make It

• Fake News Game (UK Edition)

• Trump Cards: Real or Fake News