The resources below provide updates regarding what publications have been recently retracted as well as a list of ethical standards for publications to follow.
Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers. They offer an archive of these reports for scholars to stay up to date on untrustworthy academic publications.
FactCheck.org's SciCheck features focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.
COPE is committed to educating and supporting editors, publishers, and those involved in publication ethics with the aim of moving the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become a normal part of the publishing culture.
Media Evaluation Resources
Biweekly updates and stories about disinformation issues worldwide.
A curriculum for teaching and learning how to evaluate online information from Stanford University.
Produced by the European Journalism Centre. Available in several languages.
Guide to the media landscape in most European countries and numerous other countries worldwide.
One of 97 sets of online curricular materials on this site on the topic of propaganda.
By Mathias Osmundsen, Michael Bang Petersen, and Alexander Bor.
Tech Stream.
Washington: The Brookings Institution, 13 May 2021.
From the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
"IREX’s Learn to Discern approach builds resilience to manipulative information by empowering those who engage with media and information to navigate it in a safe, critical, responsible, healthy, and empathy-driven way." -- from the home page
How to recognize and deal with misinformation and disinformation. From security.org.
1st edition, 2015.
CSU Stanislaus community only.
The Library funds online access to this ebook.
A nonpartisan journalism site that sponsors the PolitiFact fact-checking team, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), and much more.
Published online by PressBooks in 2017 under a Creative Commons license.
"AI-generated fake videos are becoming more common (and convincing). Here’s why we should be worried." Ian Sample. The Guardian, 13 January 2020.
Annual ranking by country of the status of freedom of the press.
The resources below provide fact-checking to assess the truth of claims made in political statements, social media posts, and news coverage.
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.
Conducts extensive fact-checking research on popular topics.
The purpose of The Washington Post's Fact Checker column is "to 'truth squad' the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."
Maintains a database of global fact-checking sites. Use the map to explore fact-checking sites around the world.
Uses artificial intelligence to combat misinformation.