Twitter and Lies: How They Snowball
In this media literacy activity students analyze an excerpt from a research study published in a scientific journal and a news article about the study in an online magazine for messages about the spread of lies on Twitter and the differences in writing for different target audiences.
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Twitter and Lies: How They Snowball
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Relevant Subject Area(s)
Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information LiteracyGrade Level(s)
High School, CollegeMedia Type(s)
Informational Text, Magazine, Social MediaAuthor(s)
Sox SperryView Standards
Resource Standard Common Core ELA StrandReading For Science and Technical Subjects (RST), Reading: Informational text (RI)