53-1610 Truth, Lies and Accuracy in the Digital Age

This course equips students with strategies to better evaluate what they see and hear in the media. It empowers them to cut through the underbrush of half truths and outright lies, determine the veracity of news sources found through Tweets, television, blogs, podcasts, photos, word of mouth, wikis, videos, newspapers, magazines and maps in order to become savvier, self-governing citizens of the world.

3 Credits
Requirements Not Journalism Major and Not Journalism Minor Student