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Fact-checking Literacy

Fact-Checking Literacy is a cognitive and procedural competency within media literacy that enables individuals to systematically verify the accuracy of information claims by evaluating sources, cross-referencing evidence, and applying critical reasoning to distinguish verified facts from misinformation or disinformation.

21

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1.2K

Citations

45

Authors

28

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

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Publications

21

Lateral Reading and the Nature of Expertise: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information

Sam Wineburg, Sarah McGrew · Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education · 2019 · 334 citations

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Why we need a new approach to teaching digital literacy

Joel Breakstone, Sarah McGrew, Mark D. Smith et al. · Phi Delta Kappan · 2018 · 129 citations

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Improving college students’ fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

Jessica E. Brodsky, Patricia J. Brooks, Donna Scimeca et al. · Cognitive Research Principles and Implications · 2021 · 89 citations · Full text

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Lateral reading: College students learn to critically evaluate internet sources in an online course

Joel Breakstone, Mark D. Smith, Priscilla Connors et al. · Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review · 2021 · 84 citations · Full text

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Debunking False Information: Investigating Journalists’ Fact-Checking Skills

Marju Himma-Kadakas, Indrek Ojamets · Digital Journalism · 2022 · 63 citations · Full text

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Authors

45

  1. DF
    Divina Frau‐Meigs

    Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

    4 publications · 145 citations

    4

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  2. SW
    Sam Wineburg

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 547 citations

    3

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  3. JB
    Joel Breakstone

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 213 citations

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  4. MD
    Mark D. Smith

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 213 citations

    2

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  5. RT
    Ralitsa Todorova

    City University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 131 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    145 citations

  2. College of Staten Island

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    796 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    754 citations

  4. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    220 citations

  5. Lehman College

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  6. Washington State University Vancouver

    Vancouver, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  7. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    188 citations

  8. Baylor University

    Waco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Digital Journalism

    2 publications · 104 citations

    2

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  2. Scholars Crossing (Liberty University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. SN Social Sciences

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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  4. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

    1 publications · 84 citations

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