The Misguided Toolkit
Free tools for
thinking clearer.
What we believe is shaped by who we are and who we surround ourselves with. These free, research-backed tools help you navigate misinformation, understand your own biases, and protect your attention online — so you can engage with information more intentionally. Grounded in the research behind Misguided.
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Understand yourself
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Your identities and networks shape what you believe more than you might realize. These tools make those influences visible.
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Identity Map
Visualize the social identities you hold, and recognize how they can influence what you believe and how you interpret information.
Our identities act as lenses. Seeing them clearly is the first step to thinking more independently.
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Network Diversity Audit
Assess how diverse your close network really is, and understand how the people around you shape the information that reaches you.
A homogeneous network is an invisible bias. This tool helps you see it.
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Protect your attention
more at IgnoreMore.com
These tools live at IgnoreMore.com — a separate home for tools focused on critical ignoring and attention protection. The Critical Ignoring Companion is live now, with more tools on the way.
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Critical Ignoring Companion
Decide whether an online comment deserves a reply or is an attention trap, and fact-check a claim using lateral reading before you engage.
Knowing what to ignore is a skill. This tool helps you build it.
For educators
Use these tools in your classroom.
Each tool maps directly to core concepts in media literacy, sociology, and social psychology. They're already being used in university courses — and they're free for any educator to adopt.
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Pair the Identity Map with a unit on social psychology or motivated reasoning.
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Use the Network Diversity Audit to open a discussion on echo chambers and social networks.
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Assign the Critical Ignoring Companion before a class on media literacy or social media.
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Use the full toolkit as a running thread through a course on misinformation or media literacy.
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