We agree with Dr Yik Keng Yeong’s views on the importance of discerning the credibility of online information (“Media literacy should be more important part of school curriculum, Oct 17”). Within the school curriculum, students ...
In line with government efforts at all levels to curb the spread of fake news, the Abuja Film Village (AFV) has launched its Films in Education Media Literacy campaign and train secondary school students to ...
On the occasion of Children’s Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday advised school students to use their brains in differentiating between genuine and fake news. She made the remarks at a function ...
After Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the media literacy campaign of Vishvas News reached Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh today, where the participants were trained in the basic methods of fact checking. Today’s event was conducted virtually ...
NEW YORK – St. Demetrios High School 11th graders Frida Kasimis and Kaliopi Tsiros along with 12th grader Antonia Kouridakis were invited to visit the Twitter headquarters in New York City and participate in conversations ...
Looking at communications assistant professor Kevin John’s office, it’s clear he’s an avid consumer of media. There’s Star Wars paraphernalia all over his office, among other things. But John is not your average media consumer. ...
In a 2018 study by the US Department of Education, the study showed that 16 percent, or 31.8 million Americans, did not have “sufficient comfort or competence with technology to use a computer.” In the ...
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios This summer Illinois became the first state to require one unit of media literacy for all high school students. Why it matters: Media literacy can help young people critically examine the information ...
Illinois boasts the largest unfunded pension liability, the 37th Chicago alderman to be convicted in 49 years, a corruption investigation surrounding the longest-serving state legislative leader in American history, and even doubts about the authenticity ...
Media literacy is the process of analyzing and creating media in different forms; it expands the concept of basic literacy, reading and writing, as today’s messages are received in many forms. Now more than ever, ...
