On 15 January 2025, Wednesday, IPS Communication Foundation/bianet organized an online digital media literacy workshop within the scope of the “Our Media” (Bizim Medyamız) project. The workshop ...

Digital media literacy is defined as the ability of individuals in today's information age to use digital technologies effectively, consciously, and critically. Beyond traditional literacy, digital ...

Last month, Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, announced that it would end its fact-checking program in the U.S., leaving billions of users — many of whom are adolescents — to figure out for ...

Are you media literate? The 10th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week Oct. 21-25 is your chance to answer that question, and to celebrate the importance of critical thinking about media as a fundamental ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. More than three years ago, the National Institutes of Health ...

At some point, swimming in the endless sea of information became too onerous of a task. Although the digital sphere has made content far more accessible than ever, some say media literacy and critical ...

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an initiative to "combat online hate" ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday last week after alarming surges in hate against Jews, Muslims and Arabs ...

Videos, images and text created by generative artificial intelligence tools are turning up in elections, for sale on Amazon and even in court documents. Learning to identify the growing flood of ...

Media literacy is finally getting some long-overdue attention. Whether it’s the rising awareness of political disinformation, the threat of AI, Russian hackers, or cellphones in the classroom, ...

Social media is a top source of news for nearly three in four students, and half at least somewhat trust platforms such as Instagram and TikTok to deliver that news and other critical information ...

The Show Me State is poised to let a handful of public schools figure out the dos and don’ts of teaching digital media literacy. Missouri state Legislature House and Senate bills calling for a “media ...