Villain, victim or hero? It all depends on who’s telling the story. When an audience is aware of how a story is framed, it can focus on the arguments, not the frame.
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Articles on Media literacy
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Young people report consuming news makes them feel smart. But many say they pay little attention to the source of the information they are getting.
A social media researcher explains how bots and sock puppet accounts manipulate and polarize public debate.
Talking about energy transitions could help overcome the impasse we seem to have reached on climate change.
Parents can play an important role helping youth navigate the messages they see on YouTube about sexual consent.
As the 2020 elections near and disinformation campaigns ramp up, an expert on media literacy offers advice you can use to develop habits to exert more conscious control over your news intake.
The abilities to detect and analyze deepfake videos is of the utmost urgency. Deepfakes are a serious threat to people’s security and our democratic institutions.
The effective teaching of news literacy needs to go beyond simple fact-checking, a journalism professor argues.
A filmmaker, her students and community partners create a multi-platform documentary and study guide to teach swamp literacy and care through a trip into the Everglades.
People fall for fake photos regardless of whether they seem to come from Facebook or The New York Times. What actually helps?
Students – and indeed all of us – must learn to ask questions about what stories are told, and the implications of what stories are not being told.
Coach students to analyze the credibility of sources, but teaching them how genre and experiential patterns can be manipulated is also relevant.
A recent survey found that Americans trust local media outlets far more than national ones.
Teaching media literacy to students can curb the impact of false news, but teachers need more support from their schools and community to do this.
Years before ‘fake news’ was a thing, Jowell saw media education as a crucial life skill.
YouTube has been under fire for exposing kids to harmful content and recently announced new measures but these don’t go far enough. Here are some suggestions that would make a real difference.
Students in high school now will be eligible to vote during the 2020 election cycle. How can we prepare them to become informed citizens in an era of misinformation, where anyone can publish anything?
With an explosion of media outlets that don’t adhere to mainstream journalistic standards, it’s became difficult for readers to know whether to trust reports based on unnamed sources and leaks.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Associate in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Communication, Wayne State University
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Director, Zone Learning & Associate Professor, Digital Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Adjunct Senior Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Principal Academic in Media Production, Faculty of Media & Communication, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor and Chair, Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Chair in Educational Leadership in the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts - National Bank, Université Laval
