Building on yesterday's piece, today we look at a deeper problem for media literacy: the lack of local journalism robust enough, in our new media economy, to provide the everyday standards we need to correct misinformation (when it inevitably arises) and to defend against more sinister forms of disinformation, too. Without this systemic fix, we're merely playing Whack-a-Mole with bad news whenever it arises.
#MediaLiteracy #Journalism #Democracy #BetterWorldsTheory
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/the-real-challenge-for-media-literacy
And here are the infographs I made for this piece: a depiction of an unhealthy news cycle, and a depiction of a healthier one, both seen from the perspective of an average end-user who is going to be inundated with opinions about a given news story either way.
How can we make sure that reader gets the most informative and empowering curation of news possible?
