media literacy

[ mee-dee-uh lit-er-uh-see ]

noun

1. the ability or skills to critically analyze for accuracy, credibility, or evidence of bias the content created and consumed in various media, including radio and television, the internet, and social media.

Word History and Origins

Origin of media literacy¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Users love to recycle the “Media literacy is dead” joke when approaching art, and while our ability to correctly identify misinformation, propaganda, and hearsay isn’t gone entirely, it is dwindling.

From Slate

Initiatives include training on media literacy, empathetic listening, healing collective trauma and a potential new course on “openness to opposing views.”

From Los Angeles Times

While parents are definitely part of the equation, most of the the teens and experts interviewed by The Associated Press pointed to schools as the key place where all children can learn about “digital citizenship,” the umbrella term that includes news media literacy, cyberbullying, social media balance and now even artificial intelligence literacy.

From Seattle Times

While parents are definitely part of the equation, most of the the teens and experts interviewed by The Associated Press pointed to schools as the key place where all children can learn about “digital citizenship,” the umbrella term that includes news media literacy, cyberbullying, social media balance and now even artificial intelligence literacy.

From Seattle Times

"Bring back media literacy," one X/Twitter user wrote.

From Salon