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Media Literacy, Democracy, and the Challenge of Fake News

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: In this essay, the authors offer a context for discussions about fake news, democracy, and considerations for media literacy education. Drawing on media ecology and critical media studies, they highlight the longer history of fake news and how this concept cannot be separated from the media technologies in which cultures grow. They discuss current iterations of this phenomenon alongside the effects of social media and offer a preview of the special issue.

Source: Journal of Media Literacy Education

DOI: 10.23860/jmle-2018-10-2-1

Authors: Lance E. Mason, Dan Krutka, Jeremy Stoddard

Institutions: University of North Texas, Indiana University Kokomo, William & Mary

Language: English

Topic: Literacy, Media, and Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2902213221

FWCI: 28.61

Cites: 10

Cited by: 164

Related to: 10