'We narrowed the focus of our program to skills essential to being an informed citizen, such as “lateral reading” − that is, using the full context of the internet to judge the quality of a claim, identify the people or organizations behind it and assess their credibility. Rather than fixate solely on the message, we taught students to vet the messenger'
#mediaLiteracy #internet #misinformation #education #lateralReading
Teenagers Tell Us About Their Relationship With News
how and why media — online, in print, and on TV — treats news as a product, and how that shapes the way they think and feel. Some said that made them not want to be informed, but many others shared their strategies for navigating the noise
#teenagers #news #journalism #socialmedia #media #MediaLiteracy #LateralReading #technology #tech
Beware of Hurricane Helene Fundraising Scams
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2024/09/30/beware-of-hurricane-helene-fundraising-scams/
#GoFundMe #fraud #FactCheck #Helene #hurricane #MediaLit #edtech #DigCit #edtechSR #SIFT #LateralReading