In India, Karnataka recently became the first state to ban social media use for children under 16, while Goa and Andhra ...

In our modern era, human attention is nearly constantly occupied with media, such as news articles, social media, television, podcasts and other forms of content. This media consumption plays a major ...

In the spring of 2024, we set out to improve student engagement in my digital media literacy course by listening to students and parents regarding their concerns. What emerged was a shared sense of ...

The International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Disarming Disinformation initiative is a three-year program, supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation, that aims to slow the spread of disinformation ...

Statewide cellphone bans aren’t the only measures policymakers are taking to help schools navigate a complex digital media landscape. At least half of U.S. states have enacted laws to advance media ...

What is 2026’s hottest social media trend for teenagers? Based on the actions of a number of governments around the world, ...

Digital media literacy is defined as the ability of individuals in today's information age to use digital technologies effectively, consciously, and critically. Beyond traditional literacy, digital ...

Scroll through your social media feed for just five minutes and you’ll see it: clickbait headlines or images, rage-bait videos designed to spike outrage, and slick ads that don’t look like ads at all.

Teachers and high school students live in vastly different media worlds, and that's one of several digital divides that undermine the efficacy of state-mandated media literacy instruction in Illinois ...

There’s a lot of excitement surrounding AI literacy right now, and it’s (finally) giving digital and media literacy their long-overdue moment in the sun. In April 2025, President Trump signed an ...

North Carolina school boards will have to restrict the use of cellphones and other wireless communication devices in public schools and begin teaching social media literacy lessons under a new state ...