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How to use lateral reading, i.e. the SWIFT Method

How to Evaluate Sources You Find Online

How to Practice Lateral Reading

SIFT (The Lateral Moves)

SIFT: Stop, Investigate the Source, Find Better Coverage, Trace claims, quotes, and media to their original context

Image source and more information at Caulfield, M. (2019). SIFT(The Four Moves). Hapgood. https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/ 
 

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