Media Literacy

As generative AI continues to evolve, it’s reshaping not just the media we encounter, but the way we make sense of it. Students today move through a landscape shaped by algorithms, influencers, targeted content, and AI-generated images and videos—making thoughtful, compassionate media understanding more important than ever.

Jennifer LaGarde’s (Library Girl) Media Mindfulness framework offers a simple but powerful set of questions to help you pause, reflect, and become more aware of how media influences your feelings and decisions. Whether you’re engaging with a picture book, a news article, or a TikTok, these questions help build lifelong habits of intentional, critical analysis.

Below are the three guiding questions we encourage you to use as part of your everyday media awareness: