Lateral-reading instruction -- a fact-checking strategy that includes verifying sources and considering author intent -- can help improve students' media literacy, according to a study conducted by a Nebraska school district in partnership with the Stanford University History Education Group. The study has put the district's media literacy instruction, led by school librarians and social studies teachers, in the spotlight.
Wineburg, S. et al. (2022). Lateral reading on the open Internet. SSRN.
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936112 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3936112