Catalog: Visual Aids
Posters, infographics, and diagrams that illustrate principles of #medialiteracyhabits and #howmisinformationworks.
This page is one part of the Prism Anti-Misinformation Resources Catalog. See the Table of Contents to navigate to other categories of resources.
#medialiteracyhabits
Media Literacy Onesheet (NAMLE)
Five abilities and six questions of media literacy.
Developing Habits of Inquiry (Project Look Sharp)
Key questions to ask when analyzing media messages.
Five types of bias (News Literacy Project Checkology)
Poster with short descriptions of five types of bias (partisan, corporate, demographic, “big story,” and neutrality) and five of the forms bias can take (absence of fairness and balance, framing, tone, story selection, and flawed sourcing).
Legit-O-Meter (Common Sense Education)
Curious if the site you are viewing is legit or not? See where it falls on the Legit-O-Meter.’
How to teach news literacy in polarizing times (News Literacy Project)
These eight strategies can help you teach the most important stories and issues of the day while navigating social and political divides to make classroom conversations worthwhile: 1) Reflect on personal biases. 2) Establish ground rules for discussion. 3) Approach news reports as texts. 4) Focus on journalism standards. 5) Emphasize facts. 6) Consult diverse news sources. 7) Embrace ambiguity. 8) Focus on specifics.
8 Ways That Critical Thinkers Know When a “News Story” Is Unreliable, Disreputable, or Embarrassing to Share (Ad Fontes Media)
Warning signs that your logic should tell you indicates a suspect source of information.
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#howmisinformationworks
The Conspiracy Chart (Abbie Richards)
An inverted pyramid representation of dozens of conspiracy theories on a spectrum from grounded in reality to detached from reality.
The Trumpet of Amplification (First Draft)
Illustrates the journey that mis- & disinformation often takes through the Internet.
Fake News: Historical Timeline (Common Sense Education)
A graphic showing examples of misinformation back to the first century B.C.