Media Literacy Toolkit

Approximately how many hours a day are teens on screen media?

Find the three categories of "information disorder". What is the difference between them?

Find the definition of media literacy. Who wrote this definition?

• Common Sense Media

• NAMLE

• Rand Corporation

The purpose of media literacy education is to:

(there is more than one correct answer)

• develop the skillset necessary to become critical thinkers

• teach people what to think

• facilitate an understanding of media and its role

• develop the skillset necessary to become effective communicators and informed and responsible members of society

Which key question and key concept from page 5 of the media literacy resource resonate with you? Why?

The interrelated trends that comprise "Truth Decay" are:

• increasing the volume and influence of opinion over fact

• declining trust in formerly respected sources of factual information

• blurring the lines between fact and opinion

• increasing disagreement about facts and data

• all of the previous answers

True or False: Mis- and disinformation is more likely to be retweeted (shared on X) than the truth.

• True

• False

List two real-world consequences of MDM.