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• Killer Underwear Invasion!

  How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

  Gravel, Elise,

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  If you read just one book about Information Literacy, read this one. No matter your age. "In this hilarious, yet fact-filled book, Elise Gravel uses her kid-friendly wit and quirky illustration style to break down what fake news is, why people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raising Critical Thinkers

  a Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age

  Bogart, Julie, 1961-

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  A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age. Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Fact?

  Yasmin, Seema, 1982-

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  From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a "savvy, accessible, and critical" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Misbelief

  What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

  Ariely, Dan,

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  The renowned social scientist, professor, and bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delivers his most urgent and compelling book--an eye-opening exploration of the human side of the misinformation crisis--examining what drives otherwise…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age

  Scientific Habits of Mind

  Helfand, D. J. (David J.), 1950-

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  We live in the Information Age, with billions of bytes of data just two swipes away. Yet how much of this is mis- or even disinformation? A lot of it is, and your search engine can't tell the difference. As a result, an avalanche of misinformation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Off the Edge

  Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything

  Weill, Kelly, 1994-

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  In Off the Edge , journalist Kelly Weill draws a direct line from today's conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and QAnon followers, back to the early days of Flat Earth theory in the 1830s. We learn the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Foolproof

  Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

  Van der Linden, Sander,

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  With remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation, how it spreads across social networks, and what we can do to protect ourselves and others. Like a virus, misinformation infects our minds,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Field Guide to Lies

  Critical Thinking in the Information Age

  Levitin, Daniel J.

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  It's becoming harder to separate the wheat from the digital chaff. How do we distinguish misinformation, pseudo-facts, and distortions from reliable information? Levitin groups his field guide into two categories--statistical information and faulty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Life-changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

  Petrocelli, John V.,

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  Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli's The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit reveals the critical thinking habits you can develop to recognize and combat pervasive false…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breaking the News

  What's Real, What's Not, and Why the Difference Matters

  Brown, Robin Terry,

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  "A look at culture's relationship with journalism, and an effort to teach kids what is "real" versus "fake" news"--