Media literacy

Throughout history, misinformation and propaganda have circulated to push certain viewpoints, but in the past few years the problem has amplified. “The biggest issue now is the quantity and speed by which information spreads,” says Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

From second grade to seniors in high school, students are getting bombarded with news. Teachers are working to give them the tools to process it.

To encourage teachers to use literary strategies to be able to interpret texts and to compose and revise texts.

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Join Grassroots DC for our Media Literacy Workshop! Deconstruct the mainstream media and learn to influence it. Come in person in the basement of the Anacostia Arts Center and get some food or join us online for food for thought! More info and RSVP @ link in bio! #medialiteracy

Today's messages come in many forms and literacy can no longer refer simply to the ability to read and write. Media literacy is a set of skills that help people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and formats. To become media literate, students must learn to raise the right questions about what they are listening to, watching, or reading. Media literacy education is about helping students become competent, critical, and literate in all media…

Libraries and librarians can prepare communities to be engaged, thoughtful, analytical media consumers today and in the years to come.

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Teaching media literacy in high school helps students develop critical thinking skills and can give them the initiative to share their voice.

“Isn’t it funny how technology can go from being a privilege to being a necessity?”