Clarity is often treated like a formatting tool - something that makes ideas easier, faster, more digestible.
But what if that’s not what we need?
This piece is about a different kind of clarity.
Not the kind that simplifies , but the kind that helps us stay oriented when things are complex, noisy, and moving fast.
It’s about learning how to see, not just how to consume.
#CriticalThinking
#SystemsThinking
#DigitalSociety
#Epistemology
#MediaLiteracy
#AIandSociety
THE ANATOMY OF A DIGITAL LIE: Inside the Modern Propaganda Machine & Information Warfare
#InformationWarfare #OSINT #Propaganda #Disinformation #Geopolitics #CyberSecurity #MediaLiteracy #DeepDive
We are proponents of teaching critical thinking skills and digital literacy, so in honor of April Fool's Day we want to let you know that we have some great free teaching resources in our Media Literacy Collection.
These lessons cover social media literacy, surveillance, propaganda and disinformation, visual literacy and more. The lessons are based on award-winning films from around the world like And So It Begins (Philippines), Navalny (Russia), The Cup (Tibet/India).
Whether you want to boost your own media literacy skills or support your students in navigating their media world, we've got something for you. Check it out!
https://journeysinfilm.org/film/media-literacy-and-journalism-lessons/
#MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #CriticalThinking #Education #Homeschooling #GlobalEducation
Join us at noon (AZT) for a discussion of issues impacting church/state separation and more. 4/3: "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left" with Eoin Higgins 4/10: Fmr Chief Deputy Atty Amelia Craig Cramer: How Criminal Prosecutions Work in Arizona 4/17: "Disrupted Science" with with Kent Anderson and Joy Moore 4/24: Daniella Mestyanek Young "The Culting of America" 5/1: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, PhD "The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie" 5/8: Jo Wimpenney "The Beauty of the Beasts" 5/15: "Furious Minds" with Dr. Laura Field 5/22: Matthew Taylor 5/29: Drs Chelsea Polis and Candace Gibson on FemTech and Reproductive Justice Policy 6/5: Dr. Joanna Cheek "It's Not You, It's the World" 6/12: Grandparents for Vaccines with Dr. Scott Hamstra
March update for CRED-1 🗓️
4 weekly releases this month with 2,629 domain rescores — the largest batch yet, reflecting a comprehensive recalibration against updated fact-checker assessments. The dataset now tracks 2,673 sources, with rt.com among the notable new additions.
Credibility scores are derived from 9 independent fact-checking organizations and updated weekly.
Dataset: https://github.com/aloth/cred-1/releases/tag/v2026-03-24
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons (Associated Press, 31 March 2026)
https://apnews.com/article/typewriter-ai-cheating-chatgpt-cornell-ce10e1ca0f10c96f79b7d988bb56448b
More curated news on:
https://news.wesfryer.com
#AI #edtechSR #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #typewriter #ethics #cheating
Speculative fiction as historiography.
"Hobbits don't knit. Or rather, I can't justifiably argue that they do, which took an insane [sic] amount of historical research to get to that admission and might help us teach a more engaging version of our own history."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpa45HWJtXw
#knitting #FiberArts #fashion #history #LotR #fantasy #MediaLiteracy
"For more than a decade, the Reuters Institute Digital News Report has documented fundamental shifts in how young people (defined in this report as those aged 18–24) interact with and think about news during a period of significant technological, media, and political transformation. As ‘social natives’, this demographic is moving away from traditional news media like television, print, and even news websites, gravitating instead towards a social-first and audiovisual-heavy media diet, where news is one type of content consumed among many.
While much has been said about the perceived lack of news engagement among younger people, our research also documents a greater sense of alienation among this segment of the public, some of whom find traditional news irrelevant, difficult to understand, or unfairly biased against their demographic. Mismatches between journalistic output and the expectations of young audiences highlight the need for newsrooms to examine both the question of how to reach young people where they are and, equally important, how to do so with news they find relevant, engaging, and ultimately worth their attention. Meeting the needs of this segment is crucial, not just for the current stability of the journalism industry, but also for the future of democratic societies as young individuals transition through adulthood (Røsok-Dahl and Ihlebæk 2024).
In this report we bring together evidence from over a decade of Reuters Institute research to shed light on young audiences today. Understanding generational shifts is vital for the financial sustainability of the news industry, which depends on a pipeline of younger consumers who will keep coming back to news. It also matters for the democratic health of our societies, which requires individual citizens, including young people, to be informed and collectively share a basic understanding of the world."
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/understanding-young-news-audiences-time-rapid-change
Association REDefine
Deep Press Analysis
Journeys In Film
AZ Advocacy Hub
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Alexander Loth
Wes Fryer
sport of sacred spherical cows
Miguel Afonso Caetano