Media Literacy Now today released the 2026 U.S. Media Literacy Policy & Impact Report, a national analysis of state-level ...

The need for media literacy education is becoming increasingly important, according to advocates, as students are bombarded daily with questionable information on social media and other media ...

For generations, teachers have been showing their students how to become informed citizens. The instruction hasn’t always been explicit and direct, but it has been part of countless lessons. Middle ...

Understanding media is one of the most valuable and practical abilities students today need to learn. Critical-thinking skills have always been important for evaluating the accuracy and the import of ...

New Jersey is poised to become the first state to mandate media literacy instruction for all students, beginning in kindergarten. Credit: Jayk7/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

Many students have no idea how to tell the difference between what’s meant to inform them and what’s meant to entertain them, sell them something or even mislead them. A growing number of states are ...

The Show Me State is poised to let a handful of public schools figure out the dos and don’ts of teaching digital media literacy. Missouri state Legislature House and Senate bills calling for a “media ...

Kristin Murphy from OSPI testifies in front of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Committee in support of the bill. (Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo OLYMPIA – State lawmakers are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Evelyn Mousigian. It has never been easier to spread misinformation, either deliberately ...

This story was produced by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of local news and community organizations working to bridge divides statewide that ...

Stealth advertising—marketing that is indistinguishable from other content—is a growing problem for children and teens and one that is attracting the attention of federal regulators. That is a big ...

Buffeted by disinformation and cynical about the media, most teens (94%) wish their schools taught media literacy, but only 39% got such instruction during the 2023-24 school year, according to a ...