Get quick context: it can take as little as thirty seconds - seriously!

Cheap signals: Or, how not to get duped

Google: the bestie you thought you knew

Lateral reading: using the Web to read the Web

Reading the room: benefiting from expertise when you have only a bit yoursel

Show me the evidence: why scholarly sources are better than promotional materials, newsletters, and random tweets

Wikipedia: not what your middle school teacher told you

Video games: the dirty tricks of deceptive video

Stealth advertising: when ads masquerade as news

Once more with feeling: using your emotions to find the truth

Conclusion: Critical ignoring

Postscript: Large language models, ChatGPT, and the future of verification.