media literacy
MEE-dee-ah LIT-er-ah-see
ˈmiːdiə ˈlɪtərəsiListen
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the ability to access, analyse, evaluate, create, and participate in media in critically informed ways; media literacy encompasses the skills needed to identify bias, distinguish factual reporting from opinion or propaganda, understand how media messages are constructed and for what purposes, and recognise the economic and political contexts that shape media production; in the digital age media literacy has expanded to include understanding algorithmic curation, recognising misinformation and deepfakes, and navigating the blurred boundaries between journalism, advertising, and user-generated content
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