Critical thinking and media literacy



 


In a time when fake news and misinformation predominate in the communication landscape, it is necessary to teach young people to be critical of the content they consume online to avoid being deceived. This process is known as media literacy.
The Internet has made a lot of information available to us from any part of the world that we can access at any time. News from the media, blog articles, instant messaging chains, social media posts.

They all mix together and it is important to differentiate truthful content from that which is not.
Many Internet users are not aware of the extent to which they can be manipulated with any information they receive. That is why it is important that they are taught to navigate safely through the digital universe.

The Internet has made a lot of information available to us from any part of the world that we can access at any time. News from the media, blog articles, instant messaging chains, social media posts.
They all mix together and it is important to differentiate truthful content from that which is not.
Many Internet users are not aware of the extent to which they can be manipulated with any information they receive. That is why it is important that they are taught to navigate safely through the digital universe.

One of the ways to awaken the critical spirit is to encourage people to ask themselves questions about everything they see, hear and read. This is what journalists, information professionals, do: editors constantly ask themselves questions to decipher the origin of the content and recognize whether it is reliable or not.

The five rules of media literacy 


The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is one of the organizations that works hardest to educate through media literacy. To do this, look for programs that help teachers work on this subject in the classrooms. At the same time, it has identified five aspects to take into account when talking about media education: they point out that any citizen can be a transmitter of a message due to their right to freedom of expression, but also that this information transmitted is not always neutral or appropriate. from a reliable source. For this reason, we must educate critical thinking and keep in mind that media literacy is a continuous learning of knowledge, skills and abilities.

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