Misinformation, Media Literacy, and Critical Thinking is a comprehensive guide to navigating the modern information landscape. In an era of deepfakes, algorithmic content curation, and coordinated disinformation campaigns, the ability to evaluate information critically has never been more important.
This textbook covers propaganda techniques, cognitive biases that make us vulnerable to misinformation, the SIFT method for source evaluation, lateral reading strategies, and practical fact-checking workflows. You'll learn how disinformation campaigns are designed and deployed, and how to defend against them.
Topics include prebunking and inoculation theory, the psychology of conspiracy theories, AI-generated misinformation, and building organizational media literacy programs. This book is invaluable for educators, students, journalists, and anyone who wants to think more critically about the information they encounter.