It can be hard to keep up with the flood of information we are exposed to on a daily basis, and even harder to sort ...
2023-09-18
Media literacy and civic engagement: empowering citizens to participate in democratic discourse
As we have explored in a number of previous articles, media literacy is a critical skill in our digital age for a ...
2023-09-11
Library outreach: teaching media literacy to underserved communities
As we gear up for UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2023 (which officially takes place in Jordan from ...
2023-08-21
Libraries and intellectual freedom create informed, engaged citizens
To get a sense of just how important a public figure Barack Obama remains, even some six years after leaving higher ...
2023-08-07
Libraries can fight AI-generated misinformation with media literacy education
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has been an unavoidable topic of conversation for the past several ...
2023-07-24
How public libraries can encourage good digital citizenship
For some, the notion of turning to the local public library for guidance on navigating the online world might seem ...
2023-06-26
Why libraries should promote media literacy to counter hate speech
Promoting media literacy is a vital task, albeit a challenging one. The challenge seems especially daunting when you ...
2023-05-15
How librarians can support internet safety for their young patrons
The United Nations recognizes May 17 as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, the purpose of which is to ...
