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Media Literacy

Books, websites,and information on media literacy

Research laterally

What does it mean to be a "lateral" reader?

lateral reading infograph

-Image from News Literacy Project

Expand your view with lateral reading

Tips on lateral reading:

"...good fact-checkers read “laterally,” across many connected sites instead of digging deep into the site at hand."

"Lateral readers don’t spend time on the page or site until they’ve first gotten their bearings by looking at what other sites and resources say about the source at which they are looking."

-information from "What Reading Laterally Means"

Fact checking websites