"Caitlin Dewey helms this look at Internet culture and how it's changing us."

"For a look at the sometimes-silly, sometimes-concerning false information that circulates the Internet, The Washington Post offers a weekly roundup on The Intersect, a blog dedicated to digital and Internet culture. Its series called "What was fake on the Internet this week?" can be a resource for teaching news literacy using timely examples that are relevant to an Internet-savvy generation. The most recent blog entry addresses topics such as fake tweets, false reports of a smartphone virus and bogus rumors that the National Rifle Association is banning guns at its annual convention. The Intersect blog also offers commentary on Internet and social media trends, viral content and hoaxes. Here are a few additional websites that debunk misinformation in the news:"

"This infographic created by Jason at Frugal Dad shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources. That's consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983.  NOTE: This infographic is from last year and is missing some key transactions. GE does not own NBC (or Comcast or any media) anymore. So that 6th company is now Comcast. And Time Warner doesn't own AOL, so Huffington Post isn't affiliated with them. But the fact that a few companies own everything demonstrates "the illusion of choice," Frugal Dad says. While some big sites, like Digg and Reddit aren't owned by any of the corporations, Time Warner owns news sites read by millions of Americans every year. Here's the graphic: "

"Global mobile traffic now accounts for 15 percent of all internet visits, and 91 percent of mobile internet access is used for social activities. By investing heavily in this space Twitter can essentially guarantee a richer future… and a significant audience uptick. This infographic from Super Monitoring takes a closer look at the state of mobile 2013."

""In the sea of all the 'noise,' traditional journalistic skills, such as verification and accuracy, are more important now than ever. The exercise teaches students to value these skills while harnessing the potential of social media for journalism.""

"A diverse cast of models shows how the standard of beauty for women has changed dramatically over time."

"Twenty years before Monroe stood over a subway grate in a billowing white halter dress, LIFE Magazine described the ideal figure American women hoped to attain. The year was 1938, and the model, 20-year-old June Cox, stood 5 ft. 6 3/4 in. and weighed 124 lbs., though life insurance statistics, the magazine said, suggested she should weigh 135 lbs. The magazine explained that American women's increasing involvement in sports in recent years had made them taller and flatter, and as such, "the boyish form became the vogue." But by the late '30s, romantic-influenced clothing had returned to fashion, and a "soft feminine figure" was replacing the athletic form as the look du jour:"

"Forbes magazine has crossed a line that many in the publishing industry view as sacred. Try to spot the advertisement on the cover of its upcoming March issue."

"To critics, this amounts to false labeling. In the same way "enhanced interrogation techniques" became a code word for torture, "storytelling" and "storytellers" have become code words for corporatized news."

"The question we have to ask ourselves is: Are we really presenting who we are or are we presenting a hyper-idealistic version of ourselves? It has been argued that the social media effect creates a false sense of self and self-esteem through the use of likes, fans, comments, posts, etc. For many social media users, it is an esteem booster, which explains why so many people spend so much time on social media. It provides many individuals with a false sense of self and an inflated sense of who they really are. In considering these points, here are three important factors to consider while social networking:"

"According to Kasser, here are three things that happen when you start caring more about stuff than relationships."

""Make me look beautiful." That's what Esther Honig asked 40 photo editors to do -- in over 25 countries. Using the service-sharing site Fiverr, Honig, a human interest reporter, sent a picture of herself to be photoshopped around the world to see just how much cultural values are applied to standards of beauty. The results throw the idea of "the perfect woman" into sharp relief."

Graphics that show the huge corporations that own all the major brands and media outlets in the world

"Advertisers have plenty of ways to manipulate our behavior. See below and in the above slideshow for some of the most effective techniques."

"The NLP classroom program is designed to give teachers and students a concise and comprehensive survey of news literacy. Though it is typically taught as a drop-in unit over the course of two or three weeks in the classroom, it may be integrated over longer time periods. The unit has three main phases: Teacher-led lessons from NLP's original curriculum, lessons taught by NLP journalist volunteers in person or remotely via Skype and a final student project that builds and reflects understanding of NLP's core concepts."

"A new longitudinal study examined how college students slut-shame-and found that the practice is as illogical as it is damaging."

"This isn't about blaming men. It's about calling out our CULTURE, which tends to encourage this line of thinking that a small percentage of men take to heart. If we don't teach kids when they're young, attitudes like this will continue to poison our society."

"What I see is this. In the majority of cases, the catalyst for the shooting was something that threatened the man's identity as a man. The main statistic is inarguable-69 males to one lone female. Being a man is the single most common characteristic of every mass shooting in the last 32 years. I'd prefer to think that men are not inherently more violent-most men do not become violent for any reason. And while biology, strength and testosterone can't be completely discounted, I'd rather look at whether the pressures to conform to a certain type of masculinity are so strong that not being able to do so can cause a person to break under the pressure."

"Sexism in sports is so pervasive that it becomes background noise to us that we don't even notice until something outrageous happens. Although female athletes certainly have more opportunities compared to 50 years ago, male athletes still receive the majority of resources, money, and media coverage. On the list of "100 Highest Paid Athletes," only three are women, and on the collegiate level women's teams still only receive 38 percent of the college sports operating money and 33 percent of the school's recruiting money to build their teams."