CIVIX Explains: Information Pollution

What are algorithms and filter bubbles? And what happens when we all see different news?

What is ‘fake news,’ exactly? Better definitions can help us understand the problem more clearly

What happens when information is used as a weapon to divide people and disrupt democracy?

To combat false and misleading information, it useful to recognize the different forms it can take

How do algorithms track our behaviour and help determine what we see online?

How to tell fact from opinion

Professional journalists including Rosemary Barton and Althea Raj discuss why news media matter

The heads of three news organizations explain how issues and events become news

What are professional standards and how to they set news media apart from other sources?

A case study in investigative journalism

Learn how to use an image as a search term to learn more context about it

Learn to check claims and investigate who owns a website

Learn to check credibility signals for social media accounts

Keyword searching a headline or claim can tell you if a claim is true, or if it's been proven false

When you encounter an unfamiliar source, here's how to stop and do a quick reputation check

A reverse image search can tell you if a photo has been altered or used out of context

Influential research search shows that there is a lot we can learn from professional fact-checkers

The most efficient way to learn about unfamiliar sources is to check Wikipedia

To properly evaluate stories and claims, you want to find the person or organization who conducted t

Searching out existing research can be a shortcut to finding verified information