I recently published an article on Media fluency via Middle Web. I was excited by the reception it received. Here is an excerpt. feel free to read the full article by following the link.
Most of us who follow politics across the globe are aware that the Age of Information, which began with the birth of the Internet, has given way to what we might call the “Age of Disinformation.”
Now we have incredible amounts of useful information at our fingertips, as well as older outdated information, and (increasingly) false information created specifically to deceive or manipulate people’s thinking.
In fact, the rapid proliferation of fake, misleading and biased information has become a serious worldwide challenge facing each and every democratic society. If informed voters are the foundation of a democratic society, misinformed voters will be the ruin of it.
If informed voters are the foundation of a democratic society, misinformed voters will be the ruin of it.
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