Media literacy is a very complicated thing. We are confronted with media every day and it is important to be able to understand what we are seeing and why we are seeing it. I talk about what media literacy is, how the news world runs, and wrap up with giving you tips to being media literate.

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Sources:

• NAMLE definition of media literacy,
• Crash Course Media Literacy,
• Framing Theory,
• Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education,
• Guidelines for identifying trustworthy sources,
• Chimney Rock conspiracy claims,
• Nazi propaganda example,
• Adult media literacy,
• Trump MedBed conspiracy AI video,
• Pew Research trust in national outlets,
• Schumer and Jeffries deepfake video,
• Second Jeffries AI video,
• Media Literacy Now U.S. Policy Report 2023,
• SIFT Strategy for spotting misinformation,