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Minitex News articles tagged with "#Media Literacy" (7):

Britannica's Media Literacy Guide

Britannica offers a free Media Literacy Guide as well as classroom activities to help media literacy terms stick.

Announcing free Star Tribune digital subscription for graduating seniors

As a part of the Star Tribune’s efforts to support youth access to credible news, they are excited to announce a new offering for graduating high school seniors.

Britannica's NEW fall webinars with a focus on developing students' skills with media literacy, inquiry, and SEL

Join Britannica's Education Consultant team to learn how to best use the Britannica resources in eLibrary MN to support your classroom or library.

Media Landscapes: Civically Engaging Young Adults Through Media Literacy Education

Coming next week- Media Landscapes event: Civically Engaging Young Adults Through Media Literacy Education with Jimmeka Anderson.

Media Landscapes campaign launches

We are excited to announce the launch of a year-long campaign to support libraries as they grapple with today's fractured and challenging media landscape.

Misinformation, Disinformation, Malinformation: What's the difference?

Lately, I've been attending a series of webinars on Information Literacy and the most recent was Media Literacy for Adults: Misinformation and Disinformation, presented by Nicole Cook, Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior (particularly in an online context) and she has published Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era, which some of you may have read.

What is media literacy and why is it important?

In the library, education, and information world, we hear the term 'media literacy' again and again. So what is it exactly? How can we be sure we are media literate? I recently attended an ALA webinar on 'media literacy' that helped to answer some of these questions.