"The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication."
Media literacy empowers you to understand the messages carried by various types of media, how those messages influence people's thoughts and feelings, and how those messages can change when they are taken out of context.
Increasing your media literacy will help you become a more discerning reader, viewer, sharer, and creator of news.
All responsible citizens need the skills to identify accurate information and real facts. Compare these two graphics and consider how you get your news. Where do journalistic ethics fit into today's media landscape? How can you tell if the news you watch, read, or hear has been verified?
Image by Tobias Rose-Stockwell retrieved from How we broke democracy. Data from Pew Research Center, The modern news consumer.]