Sometimes it’s the sort of basic Internet skill you might take for granted — like knowing how to search a web page — that can stop someone from sharing fake news.
“At least one platform will engage with its most influential users, giving them access to special tools and training to identify and contextualize sources and claims in their feeds.”
“In reality, many forms of both radicalization and infiltration would be more difficult with a media literate audience — particularly if those with the most influence had better skills and habits around assessing reputation and intent.”
“An awful lot of highly educated folks, skilled in all sorts of traditional media literacy, are hopelessly lost on the web. (Many of these people are faculty).”
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Caulfield, Mike. "Refactoring media literacy for the networked age." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 14 Dec. 2017. Web. 4 Dec. 2020.
APA
Caulfield, M. (2017, Dec. 14). Refactoring media literacy for the networked age. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 4, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/refactoring-media-literacy-for-the-networked-age/
Chicago
Caulfield, Mike. "Refactoring media literacy for the networked age." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 14, 2017. Accessed December 4, 2020. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/refactoring-media-literacy-for-the-networked-age/.
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