Last month, Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, announced that it would end its fact-checking program in the U.S., leaving billions of users — many of whom are adolescents — to figure out for ...

Are you media literate? The 10th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week Oct. 21-25 is your chance to answer that question, and to celebrate the importance of critical thinking about media as a fundamental ...

At some point, swimming in the endless sea of information became too onerous of a task. Although the digital sphere has made content far more accessible than ever, some say media literacy and critical ...

In our modern era, human attention is nearly constantly occupied with media, such as news articles, social media, television, podcasts and other forms of content. This media consumption plays a major ...

It’s National News Literacy Week, but what that term means can vary depending on whom you’re talking to. It’s a term that Patrick Johnson spends a lot of time thinking about. Johnson is an assistant ...

Social media is a top source of news for nearly three in four students, and half at least somewhat trust platforms such as Instagram and TikTok to deliver that news and other critical information ...

Media literacy is finally getting some long-overdue attention. Whether it’s the rising awareness of political disinformation, the threat of AI, Russian hackers, or cellphones in the classroom, ...

The media can be misleading, and differentiating between objective reality and partisan misinformation is a difficult task. An increased reliance on the internet and social media has led politicians ...

Tech experts, lawmakers and other public officials have long been warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence — especially when it comes to doctored or fake news sources. As such, schools ...

The International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Disarming Disinformation initiative is a three-year program, supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation, that aims to slow the spread of disinformation ...