Media Literacy Education
Backing Evidence (5 Key Documents)
- Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning (Stanford, 2016) Search
- Media Literacy Education in the United States (Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2018) Search
- Fake news and the diffusion of truth (Science, 2018) Search
- Digital Media Literacy and Public Resilience (Pew Research Center, 2020) Search
- Cognitive factors in misinformation susceptibility (Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2021) Search
The Straw Man Arguments
- Teaching media literacy is just telling kids which websites are bad.
- People are smart enough to spot fake news without any special training.
The Steel Man (Strong Counter-Suit)
Promoting media literacy is vital, but structured programs run the risk of introducing political bias if the curriculum is designed by partisan institutions who define 'trustworthy' sources in a way that favors their own ideological narratives.