Front liners fighting fake news: global perspectives on mobilising young people as media literacy advocates
Sun Sun Lim, Kai Ryn Tan
Abstract
With young people at the vanguard of technology adoption and media consumption, many governments are actively incorporating young people into their public education campaigns, and young people are enlisting themselves as media literacy advocates. This article reviews a selection of such media literacy programmes to unpack their key thrusts and components so as to identify best practices and learning points. It will also closely investigate one particular youth-led effort and chart its conception, execution and development.
Topics & Concepts
VanguardMedia literacyLiteracyConsumption (sociology)Public relationsFront (military)Media consumptionInformation literacySelection (genetic algorithm)Critical literacyPolitical scienceSociologyMedia studiesAdvertisingPedagogyBusinessComputer scienceEngineeringHistorySocial scienceArtificial intelligenceMechanical engineeringArchaeologyDigital Storytelling and EducationLiteracy, Media, and EducationChild Development and Digital Technology