Document Type
Teaching Resource
Publication Date
10-21-2024
Disciplines
American Politics | Curriculum and Instruction | Higher Education | Political Science
Abstract
This assignment was created for POLS 111: Introduction to US Politics.
Learning Goals
1. Identify political misinformation in social media or online.
2. Improve research skills needed to fact check political information.
3. Practice analytical skills to become critical consumers of political information.
a. Learn to distinguish between authoritative and unreliable information sources.
b. Understand the mechanisms and narratives by which social media and online sources might spread political misinformation and conspiracy theories.
c. Understand how your own values and identity might shape the way you perceive political information.
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2024 by G. Claire Haeg
Recommended Citation
Haeg, G. Claire, "Information Literacy and Social Media Assignment" (2024). Political Science Faculty Publications. 78.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/polsci_pubs/78