In a world where information is created and shared faster and more intricately than ever before, the capacity to critically assess that information is vital for maintaining public trust, democratic dialogue, and personal independence. Media and information literacy (MIL) serves as a crucial foundation for addressing this challenge, enabling individuals to access, interpret, assess, and responsibly generate media content across various formats and platforms.
The report titled Rethinking Media Literacy: A New Ecosystem Model for Information Integrity introduces a novel framework for a society-wide approach to MIL. It is based on two interlinked models: the disinformation life cycle and the socio-ecological model. Together, they provide a structured understanding of where and how interventions can be most impactful. The report emphasizes the need to shift the perception of MIL from merely helping individuals become more selective consumers of information to recognizing it as a key component of healthy information environments.
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Rethinking Media Literacy: A New Ecosystem Model for Information Integrity presents a new framework for a whole-of-society approach to MIL, grounded in two complementary models: the disinformation life cycle and the socio-ecological model. Together, these offer a structured way to understand how and where interventions can be most effective. Ultimately, the report calls for a shift from viewing MIL as a tool to make individuals more discerning to treating it as an essential pillar of healthy information ecosystems.