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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Media Literacy – That's Politics
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,
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