Media literacy: Identifying disinformation, misinformation

We are surrounded by news and information at all hours of the day. So, with all that content out there, how do we know what’s real or not?

Kristy Roschke, managing director of the News Co/Lab at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Nadya Bliss, executive director of the Global Security Initiative at ASU, discuss the importance of media literacy and the impact of disinformation and misinformation — especially on our national security.

 

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