"Fake News" and Psychology

I've been interested for a while in the psychology of "fake news" - more specifically, how can we help students think more critically about psychological claims they see in the media? Here are a few resources that might be useful - let me know in the comments if you use any of these and/or have other resources to share

• Psychology CRAP Test Lesson Plan - I wrote this one for my Psychology club. It went well overall (there's a bit too much in here for one class period so I need to shorten it a bit). 
• "Critical Thinking And Information Fluency: Fake News In The Classroom" Great article by the equally great Susan Nolan
• "Why We Believe Alternative Facts" - APA Monitor
• Project Look Sharp - from the Psychology Dept. at Ithaca College - looks like a great (huge!) resource
• British Psychological Society - "A Lens Onto Fake News" - fantastic, in-depth article about the cognitive principles involved in checking credibility. Great examples of studies. (thanks Simon Knight!) 

posted by Rob McEntarffer