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How Do I Know What to Believe?
How Do I Know What to Believe?
You and your generation have more content at your fingertips than any other generation in history - way more! There are now almost 2 billion websites on the Internet. Every minute, Instagram users post more than 48,000 new photos; Twitter users share more than 480 thousand tweets, and YouTube users watch more than 4 million videos. But much of that information is not reliable because it is unverified, meaning it hasn’t been checked for accuracy by an editor or an expert. “Fake news” and biased news infiltrate your screens all the time. Do you believe everything you see on the Internet and TV? Are you “falling for it”? How can you know what’s true? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE?!
What Is Media Literacy?
What Is Media Literacy?
Media literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, CREATE, and ACT using all forms of communication.
In its simplest terms, media literacy builds upon the foundation of traditional literacy and offers new forms of reading and writing.
Media literacy empowers people to be critical thinkers and makers, effective communicators and active citizens.
What Is News Literacy?
What Is News Literacy?
News literacy involves thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news and information, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we consume, create and distribute.
News literacy empowers people to be critical thinkers and makers, effective communicators and active citizens.
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