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The absence of a media literacy toolbox: working towards an evaluation tool

Author
Gabriel Yakub, Simon Knight, Kirsty Kitto & Peter Fray
Year
2020
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
DOI/Link
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22041451.2020.1802844?scroll=top&needAccess=true
Abstract
This paper discusses the fragmented nature of media literacy and its relationship with technology. It highlights the need for standardised media literacy strategies, particularly the strand that deal with evaluation, which can help address the challenges of the current media landscape (e.g. the fake news phenomenon). Subsequently, we introduce early work towards developing a new evaluative media literacy tool that can empower media consumers to think strategically about the information they are exposed to. This tool, called Fallasigns, is based primarily on research that suggests news topics can attract specific logical flaws. Fallasigns cultivates the ability to anticipate the most likely logical and rhetorical pitfalls to emerge in a news story before being exposed to it. We argue that this strategy may work to effectively inoculate media consumers and provide a more systematic approachwhen evaluating information.
Keywords
Media Literacy, Critical Media Literacy
Tags
Digital empowerment
PGDMIL Course
C06 – Media, Information and Empowerment
PGDMIL Block
C06-B3: Communication, MIL and Learning
Has Part
C06-U10: Communication, Teaching and Learning
Corpus Status
Accepted – In Corpus

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