This course is designed to teach students to exercise their power as citizens by becoming perceptive news consumers. Armed with critical-thinking skills, a firm grasp of relevant history and practical knowledge about the news media, students learn how to find the reliable information they need to make decisions, take action, make judgments and responsibly share information through social media. At a time when the digital revolution is spawning a flood of information and disinformation each day, the course seeks to help students recognize the differences between facts and rumor, news and promotion, news and opinion, bias and fairness, assertion and verification, and evidence and inference. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE Social Sciences and SUNY-GE Humanities. Prerequisite or corequisite: ENG100 or ENG101. Offered on: A / 3 cr. hrs.