I often see the term “media literacy” used when someone doesn’t understand the message a story is trying to convey, and they’re described as “lacking media literacy”. What does it mean, why is it important, and how do I know if I have good media literacy or not?
(Edit: I should specify that i’m using the term “story” to refer to fictional stories rather than news stories/articles)
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You know when you comment a sarcastic joke and some redditor replies to you absolutely fuming because he thought you were a literal Nazi calling for the genocide of an entire people because being clever is apparently a dog whistle for the alt right?
Lacking media literacy is like that.
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