ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the fragmented nature of media literacy and its relationship with technology. It highlights the need for standardised media literacy strategies, particularly the strand that deal with evaluation, which can help address the challenges of the current media landscape (e.g. the fake news phenomenon). Subsequently, we introduce early work towards developing a new evaluative media literacy tool that can empower media consumers to think strategically about the information they are exposed to. This tool, called Fallasigns, is based primarily on research that suggests news topics can attract specific logical flaws. Fallasigns cultivates the ability to anticipate the most likely logical and rhetorical pitfalls to emerge in a news story before being exposed to it. We argue that this strategy may work to effectively inoculate media consumers and provide a more systematic approachwhen evaluating information.

摘要

本文讨论了媒体素养的分散性及其与技术的关系。它强调了对标准化媒体素养战略的需求，特别是与评估有关的知识，可以帮助应对当前媒体形势的挑战（例如，假新闻现象）。随后，我们介绍了开发新的评估媒体素养工具的早期工作，该工具可以使媒体消费者有能力对他们所接触的信息进行战略性思考。该工具称为Fallasigns，主要基于表明新闻主题可以吸引特定逻辑缺陷的研究。Fallasigns培养了一种能力，可以预见新闻故事中出现的最可能的逻辑和修辞陷阱。