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Teaching �Media Literacy �to Teens

Elsa Treviño-Dominguez

Digital Literacy Consultant |Library Digital Opportunity

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

etdominguez@tsl.texas.gov

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Participants will

be able to identify and apply three key techniques for recognizing and fact-checking false information.

leave equipped with reliable resources for verifyng information and teaching media literacy.

Key Takeaways

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Where do you get your news?

How can misinformation impact our perceptions of important issues?

Why might misinformation spread more quickly than true information?

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Should social media companies be held responsible for the content posted on their platforms?

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In the meantime,

what do we do?

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CHECK YOUR EMOTIONS

If a post stirs up strong emotions,

it might be more about grabbing attention than sharing the truth.

READ BEYOND

Can the information be verified

with at least two other sources?

(notice publication dates)

CONSIDER THE SOURCE

Do a quick search on the site and

the author. Are they real?

Are they credible?

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Image Reverse Search

I have a FB friend that often posts suspiciously interesting images with captions like “Wow beautiful!” or “This is terrifying!” I usually don’t pay attention to that anymore, but once in a while, I’ll take the time to verify one of her images and very often they’re fake or miscaptioned.
**There are so many AI Generated images now and the quality keeps getting better so much so that it’s more and more difficult to tell what’s real and what’s AI

Reverse search using Google Lens. *CLICK ON “SEE EXACT MATCHES*

Google Images > enter man bun headline > click on 1^st image > camera icon on bottom left > Exact Matches – If you’re using a saved image, click on

the camera icon to the right of the search bar and upload your image > Click on Exact Matches.)

This can be done on mobile devices as well. If not using Google Chrome as the browser, the Google Lens app is needed.

Both require you to save images to your phone and upload them to Google Lens.

Side note: With Google Lens, you can also take pictures of anything and it'll identify it for you. You can also have text translated from an image.

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Celebrities and Politics

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Fact-Checking Websites

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Satirical News Sites

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Station 1

Station 2

Station 3

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Station 1

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Station 2

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Station 3

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Think before you post!

If you can’t verify that something is true,

don’t post it.

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What is one new thing you learned today?

What is one action you will take to ensure you are not mislead by false information?

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Media Literacy

Resources for Educators

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Media Literacy

Resources for Educators

For educators

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and Rumor Guard

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everyone

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Media Literacy

Resources for Educators

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Thank you!

Elsa Treviño-Dominguez

Digital Literacy Consultant |Library Digital Opportunity

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

etdominguez@tsl.texas.gov

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