A media literacy education program that equips students and teachers with critical thinking and information-verification skills. It helps learners understand, evaluate, and responsibly engage with media content, providing a strong foundation for developing AI literacy and critical awareness of AI-generated and manipulated information.
Why it matters for ENACT-AI
The resource is highly relevant because media literacy, critical thinking, information verification, and responsible engagement with digital content are closely connected to AI literacy. It can help learners develop the ability to question sources, identify misleading or manipulated information, and critically evaluate content generated or distributed online.
Learning outcomes
Learners can develop critical thinking and media-literacy skills, learn to evaluate the credibility of information and sources, recognize misinformation and bias, and become more responsible consumers and creators of media content. Teachers can also gain practical methods and resources for integrating media literacy into classroom activities.
Suggested activity
“Can I Trust This?” Give students several online posts/news items, including a genuine article, misleading content, and an AI-generated or manipulated example. In groups, students identify the source, check evidence, compare information with reliable sources, identify emotional or manipulative language, and decide whether the content should be trusted or shared. Finish with a discussion about how AI can make misinformation easier to create and spread.