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Media Literacy

Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication.

Media and Information Fluency

This topic guide provides resources to help you think critically about the information that you gain from media. Resources on this site will cover evaluating media resources for your academic pursuits and recognizing and being critical of news sources. With the increase in fake news on social, these skills are particularly important in your collegiate learning and your development as working professional in your field.

This guide also serves as part of the Information Fluency Initiative to improve the critical thinking skills and the abilities to use information effectively of UNT students.