Media Literacy

Subject: ELA  ·  Grade level: 8th

Tools to navigate news, social media, and the flood of information online. We see thousands of media messages every week. Media literacy is the skill of askin

In this lesson

• Five core questions
• Recognizing bias
• How to verify a claim
• Algorithms and your feed

Key terms

Algorithm

Rules a platform uses to decide what you see next.

Filter bubble

When personalization mostly shows you views you already agree with.

Confirmation bias

Our tendency to believe info that fits what we already think.

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