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SLO  #3: News Media: How (and why) to spot "fake" news. 70% of students will  successfully research and evaluate the news media in an effort to  identify reputable journalism containing more accurate political  content.  Students will also evaluate the impact of "fake" news on the  practice of our democracy.   [SLO #3 fulfills the following Program  Level Outcomes: Communication, Critical Thinking, Social and Personal  Responsibility, as well as the following Course Level Outcomes: 1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 7, 8.]

Activity for Assessment 

Read and watch the following:  http://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYc-hd1QSwA

Take this quiz: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/cognitive-biases/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.9b2747fd076b

• If  you had to help someone spot “fake news,” what would you tell them?   Choose a news article from a reputable media outlet and compare it to  an online story that you know is fake.
• Using  the checklist provided on the factcheck web site, compare the two.   Although fake news is not new, it seems harder to distinguish and more  accepted now.  Why?  How will this acceptance of fake news impact our  democracy?
• How  has the idea of "fake news" impacted our ability to be really informed  on the important topics of the day?  What steps can we take to become  informed with legitimate information?
  
• Is  "fake news" really all that recent, or do we hear more about it as a  result of the recent election cycle and events that have followed?
• What are your thoughts on the quiz you took?  

This  assignment must follow MLA guidelines, be typed in Times New Roman, 12  pt. font, and be a minimum of 1000 words with a works cited page.  The  works cited are not included in the minimum word count. Any  articles/links/videos given in the assignment prompt MUST be cited in  your works cited.  You may also use other sources, but these are the  minimum required.  Without all of them, your paper is a 0.