In the Media 1 Week 9 Reading ‘ Did Media Literacy Backfire?’ , the importance of understand accurate facts and sources on the internet is argued. The idea that the internet-based media literacy needs to be better, as we are consumed by false facts and false accusations e.g.. ‘Google was trustworthy and Wikipedia was not’. Boyd encourages readers to understand the sources to prove accuracy, however also considers that not everyone agrees on what makes a trusted source e.g.. the conflict between science vs religion. We consider ourselves our own ‘masters’ and from a young age are introduced to the idea of ‘being sole proprietors of knowledge’. We can dismiss experts and turn towards what the public says on the internet as it’s at our fingertips, accumulated with the idea of ‘Public Trust’. Although this idea of doubt becoming a tool is what we are informed by, Boyd proclaims that we must undergo a cultural change in order to address fake news and improve media literacy by enabling others to hear different perspectives and not rely solely on prior incentives.

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