Teaching beyond verifying sources and “fake news”: Critical media education to challenge media injustices
Jeremy Stoddard; Jonathan Tunstall; Leila Walker; Emily Wight · DOAJ Open Access Articles
Current popular media literacy programs overemphasize the verifiability, reliability, and expertise of sources over the analysis of how marginalized groups are represented. This analysis privileges traditional news sources – and a hierarchy of “objective” news. These same institutions have been historically responsible for producing and reinforcing stereotyp…