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  2. Media literacy - Wikipedia

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    Media literacy applies to different types of media, [2] and is seen as an important skill for work, life, and citizenship. [1] Examples of media literacy include reflecting on one's media choices, [3] identifying sponsored content, [4] recognizing stereotypes, [5] analyzing propaganda [6] and discussing the benefits, risks, and harms of media ...

  3. Information and media literacy - Wikipedia

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    In the Arab region, media and information literacy was largely ignored up until 2011, when the Media Studies Program at the American University of Beirut, the Open Society Foundations and the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) launched a regional conference themed "New Directions: Digital and Media Literacy".

  4. Engaged and better informed through media literacy | Opinion

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    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 life skill.

  5. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century City (Academic Press, 1979). Graff, Harvey J. ed. Literacy and social development in the West: A reader (Cambridge UP, 1981), scholarly studies of many countries; Guzzetti, Barbara, ed. Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice (ABC-CLIO, 2002)

  6. It's Global Media and Information Literacy Week. Learn how ...

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    People with knowledge of the functions of the media and information systems, as well as the circumstances in which these activities are conducted, are empowered through media and information literacy.

  7. Information literacy - Wikipedia

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    The American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy defined information literacy as the ability "to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information" and highlighted information literacy as a skill essential for lifelong learning and the ...

  8. Media pluralism - Wikipedia

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    There have also been efforts to embed media and information literacy initiatives and requirements into legislation in countries such as Serbia, [61] Finland, [62] Morocco, [63] the Philippines, [64] Argentina, Australia [65] and several states in the US [66] [67] have passed laws that address MIL. [68]

  9. Mass media and American politics - Wikipedia

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    Literacy was widespread in America, with over half of the white men able to read. The illiterates often could hear newspapers read aloud at local taverns. By the mid-1760s, there were 24 weekly newspapers in the 13 colonies (only New Jersey was lacking one), and the satirical attack on government became common practice in American newspapers.