Media literacy is the critical evaluation of information from mass media, crucial in modern life due to the increasing circulation of online misinformation and disinformation.
We have chosen to share 2 of the crash course videos; below is a link to the entire playlist, which contains 11 videos that expand on various areas of media literacy.
Crash Course: Navigating Digital Media LiteracyIn 10 episodes, John Green will teach you how to navigate the internet! We’ve partnered with MediaWise, The Poynter Institute, and The Stanford History Education Group to develop this curriculum of hands-on skills to help you evaluate the information you read online. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
* Examine information using the same skills and questions as fact-checkers
* Read laterally to learn more about the authority and perspective of sources
* Evaluate different types of evidence, from videos to infographics
* Understand how search engines and social media feeds work
* Break bad internet habits like impatience and passivity, and build better ones
