Understanding media is one of the most valuable and practical abilities students today need to learn. Critical-thinking skills have always been important for evaluating the accuracy and the import of ...

Second-year Braden Hajer helped pass a recently enacted law requiring every public high school in Illinois to include a unit of instruction on media literacy in its curriculum starting with the ...

Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” they consume is not journalism. Misinformation is endemic to social media platforms, ...

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.

Last month, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) introduced its annual conference by announcing, “Media literacy has many connections with social justice; in fact, many would ...

Experts say decreased social studies education and lack of trust in media play a role in failed effort to expand Michigan’s ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Evelyn Mousigian. It has never been easier to spread misinformation, either deliberately ...

Media literacy is the practice of taking in media messages and understanding their influence on your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. In an increasingly technology-focused world, it's a skill people ...

This course examines literacy theories, including critical literacy, digital literacy, media literacy, information literacy and trans literacy. Students will explore the implementation of ...

New Jersey is poised to become the first state to mandate media literacy instruction for all students, beginning in kindergarten. Credit: Jayk7/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

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 ...

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