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Infographics can enhance a message or distort it. Use media literacy skills to decode their true meanings! 

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FactCheckEd. from the folks at factcheck.org has lesson plans for teaching media and information literacy with an eye for critical and skeptical thinking. This could be a good resource for developing data literacy training.

“Here’s the thing: Kids today are growing up in a world of ceaseless communication. They – like the rest of us – are on the receiving end of an overwhelming amount of information, transmitted in huge helpings and in a virtual instant.”

“But not all information is of the same quality or veracity. Much of it, in fact, falls far short of the standards we’d like our students to learn and live by. Our aim is to help them learn to be smart consumers of information, not to accept it at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases.”

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The people behind your media matter. This infographic shows why. 

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13 Tips For Reading General Election Polls Like A Pro

Back in December, we partnered with WNYC’s “On the Media” to put together a “Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook” for presidential primary polls. With the campaign’s homestretch now in view, it’s tim…

good, useful stuff for media/political literacy, not just this year

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#Merida from #Disney’s #BRAVE breaks the “traditional” mold of #DisneyPrincesses. But when #Disney inducted Merida into the Princess Collection (meaning she’ll be on lots of merchandise) she got a #makeover that included anti frizz serum, a narrowed waistline, eyeliner and the disappearance of her handy bow&arrow. By making her skinner, “sexier” & mature in appearance Disney is sending the message that the original appearance of Merida is inferior & in order to be a true princess they must conform to a narrow vision of beauty & that is #NoBueno! Agree? Sing the petition @change.org/ #KeepMeridaBrave. #beauty #beautystandards #beautiful #princess #feminism #feminist #youngfems #media #medialiteracy #movie #takeaction #prettygirls #realgirls #allgirls #GIRLS #girlpower #girlsrock #girlsrule #smartgirls #instagood #instafem #instachange #instaknowledge

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When you can see deliberate media choices like this one, ask who drove this decision and what implications come from it. 

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Oh, the lovely facsination and mysteriousness of media…lol

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Where is your media coming from? 

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Why Is Netflix Secretly Cropping Movies?

Like a lot of film writers, I spent a good deal of my life working in video stores. Some of that occurred in the time frame (2000-2002, roughly) when DVDs began to replace VHS, and as a result, I w…

Interesting form of censorship - if you edit something for an audience, you should always tell them why.

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If a company isn’t telling you their reasons for editing, ask yourself why and what impact that causes. 

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DECONSTRUCT

Overview: Learners research the citations and statements included in an infographic, and other visual presentation techniques to examine accuracy, bias, credibility and/or validity.

Learning Focus: Making judgements based on criteria, factchecking, standards and critique.

Try it out: Find an infographic and evaluate at least three of the sources. Review the lesson Infographics: Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? for ideas on deconstruction.

See Looking at Infographics with a Critical Eye. Find examples of ‘lying infographics’ in The Atlantic’s Ending the Infographic Plague.

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Deconstruction isn’t just for TV and movies, it’s for infographics too.

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The ultimate goal!

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Media illiteracy can affect tech-savvy young, not just old people: Teitel | Toronto Star

Skills of the past—such as good, old-fashioned critical thinking and analysis—shouldn’t fall to the wayside in the pursuit of technological know-how, such as coding.

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[E]mpathy is as important as literacy. When we read with a child, we are doing so much more than teaching him to read or instilling in her a love of language.  We are doing something that I believe is just as powerful, and it is something that we are losing as a culture: by reading with a child, we are teaching that child to be human.

                          - Anna Dewdney in the Wall Street Journal, 2013

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Creating critical thinkers through media literacy: Andrea Quijada at TEDxABQED

Quijada is the executive director of Media Literacy Project. With more than a decade of experience as a media literacy trainer, and 20 years as a community o...

Media can be used as a tool for self-determination and movement building.

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How we memorialize something is important to the story of the thing itself.