Throughout history, misinformation and propaganda have circulated to push certain viewpoints, but in the past few years the problem has amplified. “The biggest issue now is the quantity and speed by which information spreads,” says Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

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Just some idle charting on the concepts of information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, etc. This is simply one (librarian-centric) possible model of these concepts. The idea is all the other literacies (media literacy, 21st cent literacy, ICT, translit, etc.) involve interacting with information in one form or another, so "information literacy" acts as the umbrella under which all the others sit.

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Visual literacy explicitly teaches a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.

As nearly all news reading moves online and as college-age young adults begin developing their media diet, it has become more important than ever to be...

Tyrone Fleurizard gives advice for reducing subtle yet discriminatory actions and comments in the classroom.

On an average day, American teens spend more time consuming media than attending school. That's the shocking conclusion of a 2015 survey: Teens (ages 13–18) spend an average of 9 hours a day using media while tweens (ages 8–12) spend nearly 6 hours a day. What’s more, these estimates exclude time spent using media for school or homework! So, how can we help students consume media wisely? How can we teach them to analyze media messages, test them for reliability, and search for bias? These…