Media literacy is the practice of taking in media messages and understanding their influence on your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. In an increasingly technology-focused world, it's a skill people of all ages can benefit from. Dr. Russell Ortega ...

Media literacy has become crucial as we surf the world full of saturated information. People are constantly bombarding us with new information in many different ways, including news, ads and 24/7 social media posts. Media literacy means the ability to tell ...

One of the not-funny ironies of the 21st century has been that everything we thought was social media is actually just mass media, except it’s terrible and broken. Luckily, journalists and creators are finally figuring out how to leave the old media ...

Richard Stengel is the former Editor of TIME, an MSNBC analyst, and the author of Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation. From the moment Donald Trump’s victory was apparent, much of the right-wing media began labeling the ...

Senate Republicans have suggested that an Obama-era modernization of federal law governing state-run media organizations opened the door for targeted propaganda against American citizens — but experts say the reality is more complicated. WASHINGTON (CN ...