News, Spin, and Fake News: Other Resources

A comprehensive list of codes of ethics from 56 different news outlets. Check these to see how responsible news organizations make their codes and standards freely and publicly available.

This annotated list provides links to several useful online sources, from journalism organization sites to tip sheets and editing tools.

A Knight/Gallup survey of American's perceptions of media bias, fake news, and other related issues.

Research study to determine exposure to fake news as well as possible effects.

Research article focusing on fake news consumption and use of fact checking sources during the election.

Online survey of 28 countries. Includes section (pp.16-26) on fake news, journalism and social media platforms.

Study indicating that false news spreads at a faster rate than true news online and that human behavioral variables may be key in how this occurs.

Recent national poll of American's beliefs about the media and fake news.

A research report by Rand discussing trends related to an increasing inability to establish and agree on factual information.

This special issue of the open access journal Literacy in Composition Studies is dedicated to the topic of fake news with respect to literacy and writing practices.