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Media Literacy

Library guide for Media Literacy.

What is Media Literacy?

Media Literacy Basics - U.S. Media Literacy Week (about)
Media Literacy: A Definition and More - Center for Media Literacy (CML) (about)
5 ways to Cope With the News - National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) (about)
- includes definition of media literacy

Some Commonly Used Terms and Definions

mass media - from Privacy Rights in the Digital Age (2016), Salem Online
mass media - definition from Collins English Dictionary
mainstream media - definition Collins English Dictionary
objective - definition Collins English Dictionary
bias - definition Collins English Dictionary
satire - definition Collins English Dictionary
fake news - definition Cambridge Dictionary
post-truth - definition Collins English Dictionary
meme - definition Merriam-Webster Dictionary
filter bubble - definition Merriam-Webster Dictionary
echo chamber - definition Oxfords Learner's Dictionaries
algorithm - definition Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Glossary: The Language of News Literacy - Digital Resource Center - Center for News Literacy - Stony Brook University

Misinformation Lexicon