Never before has the need for News Literacy been more urgent. As news consumers are bombarded with a constant stream of fake news, propaganda, hoaxes, rumors, satire, and advertising — that often masquerade as credible journalism — it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. While the public’s faith in the news media erodes, purveyors of misinformation have helped give rise to troubling cultural trends and alarming political movements.
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Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens
The University of Hong KongAbout this Course
Skills you will gain
- News
- Evaluation
- Media Literacy
- Journalism
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The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong is the territory’s oldest institute of higher learning and also an internationally recognized, research led, comprehensive university. It engages in frontier research and academic endeavours that reflect and address the needs of a fast changing, knowledge-based world.

The State University of New York
The State University of New York, with 64 unique institutions, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. Educating nearly 468,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs both on campus and online, SUNY has nearly 3 million alumni around the globe.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Making sense of the news is more important than ever
What is news and who decides?
Where can we find trustworthy information?
Says who?
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MAKING SENSE OF THE NEWS: NEWS LITERACY LESSONS FOR DIGITAL CITIZENS
Great course to cultivate media literacy skills. Full of real-life cases.
Really enjoyed this course. Lots of good information on how to identify fake news.
Great course! I have gained lots of knowledge and critical thinking skills from it. Has Loads of reading materials apart from lectures.
Useful and meaningful as we are living in an age of information overload, the ability to make sensible application of information is just too important. Thanks
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