NewsFeed Defenders is a challenging game designed to sharpen students’ news literacy skills.

Objectives -

• Identify markers of verification, transparency, accountability, and independence in news stories.
• Define and identify problematic news items, and other news-related types of misinformation.
• Explain a variety of strategies to verify images and information.
• Evaluate text for bias based on word choices and framing methods.
• Use third-party information to judge credibility of a source.

In Newsfeed Defenders, students will:

•  Join a fictional social media site focused on news and information
•  Learn elements of high-quality journalism and markers of deceptive posts
•  Spot dubious posts that sneak in through hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting