Why is Media Creation Critical to Media Literacy?
Without media creation, there wouldn’t be a need for media literacy because we wouldn’t have any media to be literate on. It is an essential component in becoming media literate and as I have mentioned in my previous post “Media Literacy Education: A Reflection,” the main components of media literacy are, access, analyze, evaluate, create […]
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Civic Imagination: Wheel of Time On Amazon Prime and Feminism
The Wheel of Time is a new show on Amazon Prime that was released in November 2021. It is based on the novels by authors Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson and is set in a whimsical and fantasized world where mythical creatures like dragons and ogres live among others. Those who can conjure magic and channel […]
MoreGeneralization About Women In Media: Marriage and Having Children
One generalization that I face every single day as a woman in society is the idea that simply because I am a woman, I will one day have children. It has been something that has been forced upon my conscious for as long as I can remember as something that I must do in order […]
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The Importance of Fact-Checking
In this ever-evolving media landscape, we are more prone than ever to consuming misinformation and it is imperative that we are able to learn ways to notice and flag information that may not be real or fabricated. On February 3, 2022, Reuters Fact Check published an article titled “Fact Check-Nigeria destroyed COVID-19 vaccine doses because […]
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Victoria Valdez 