media literacy

[mee-dee-uh lit-er-uh-see]

noun

1. the ability or skills to critically analyze for accuracy, credibility, or evidence of bias the content created and consumed in various media, including radio and television, the internet, and social media.

Word History and Origins

Origin of media literacy¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“Users without professional knowledge are sharing nutrition tips that can be inaccurate, and often for the purposes of weight loss. These types of videos likely spread and encourage harmful dieting interventions to a vulnerable audience that may not have strong media literacy skills.”

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“After that, it’s about teaching the next generation a whole new set of media literacy skills.”

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“Grok is the most disturbing one to me, because so much of its knowledge base was built on tweets,” said Alex Mahadevan, director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project.

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The committee called for better media literacy education in schools, including about how algorithms work and how students can "protect themselves and distinguish fact from fiction".

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People actually need critical literacy — and critical media literacy.

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