Five Types of Misinformation in Media Literacy

Untrue or manipulated content

Misinformation

Uses humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization, or policy

Satire

Takes an image, a quote, or other piece of content and puts it into a false context to change its meaning

False Context

Falsely uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that it is authentic content

Imposter Content

Is entirely made up and is designed to deceive you into thinking that it's real

Fabricated Content

Makes changes to real content to deceive or create false content, such as altering a real photo

Manipulated Content

evaluating the credibility of a source by comparing it with other sources (finding potential weakness or bias)

lateral reading

a free, online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute information and whose accuracy cannot be effectively monitored

Wikipedia

Fact-checking organizations

Groups that verify the accuracy of information and claims. ex.

Writing that reports on a recent event ex. Fox, CNN, NYT

news article

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

bias

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