A comic-style infographic titled "Bot Manipulation Online," detailing a 7-step process showing how manufactured messages are amplified by bots and algorithms to spread to real users, concluding that corrections often arrive too late.

Check out my new article, "Spot the Bot: Notes and Takeaways"
wfryer.substack.com/p/spot-th...

Cross-posted from my blog:
www.speedofcreativity.org/202...

#security #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #disinfo #misinfo #badactor #ConCW

"Oilon!" Why Critical Thinking in Kyrgyzstan is More Important Now Than Ever - Information Saves Lives | Internews “The stomach is smarter than the brain because it knows how to vomit. The brain, however, swallows any old junk”—this phrase is often attributed to Chingiz Aitmatov, and it has practically become the ...

An article by our partner New Reporter KZ explores how Oilon! (“Think!” in Kyrgyz) — a new independent media project launched by renowned Kyrgyz journalist Makhinur Niyazova — is helping audiences understand how propaganda and manipulation work 💭

🔗 bit.ly/41qNJd6

#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy

77M voted for Trump in 2024. Now 75% supposedly want him imprisoned? That's not polling—that's cognitive dissonance on autopilot. The math doesn't lie; the narrative does. #ReceiptsRequired #MediaLiteracy.

With all this "Is the Pope Catholic" business going around..... PLEASE tell me they also recognize that being a plot point in the Spice Girls Spice World movie about media literacy????

#pope #catholic #gingerspice #spicegirls #girlpower #medialiteracy #millenials

🔪 Sharpen the context: the Epstein files include an email from the First Lady to Ghislaine Maxwell — “Nice story about JE in NY mag… Give me a call when you’re back in NY. Love, Melania.” Now labeled “casual.” That’s why the timing of today’s denial matters.
#EpsteinFiles #WhyNow #MediaLiteracy

📢 If timing matters — this matters.
Archived statements don’t exist in a vacuum, and when leaders speak can be as revealing as what they say.
Worth sharing so others can decide for themselves. 🔁
#WhyNow #EpsteinFiles #MediaLiteracy

😂 Misinformation spreads 6x faster than the truth — but fear is what actually fuels it. Comedian and journalist Dave Jorgenson argues that humor is one of the most underrated tools for slowing that spread.

#Misinformation #MediaLiteracy

Reverse search for NEWS AUTHENTICITY! 📰 Our tool verifies photo origins. Fight misinformation!
#NewsVerification #MediaLiteracy #QuickToolify
👉 https://tools.quicktoolify.com/reverse-image-search.php

"Who controls the past, controls the future." -- George Orwell
joetripician.substack.com/p/who-contro... #Wikipedia #Disinformation #Balkans #Srebrenica #MediaLiteracy #HistoricalRevisionism #Journalism #HumanRights

Seeing these hicks openly admit they voted for a candidate simply because “Trump endorsed him” is nuts. They’re proud to vote on autopilot! This is what happens when politics is reduced to team sports instead of real issues. #Politics #Elections #Vote #Democracy #MediaLiteracy

📰 The news isn't lying to you exactly — it's just built to sound like that one friend who turns every minor inconvenience into a catastrophe.

#MediaLiteracy #Stoicism

Facts & Fakes: A Family Crash Course in News, Memes & Media Smarts | Las Vegas Science an Get in the loop on news literacy, social media and AI.

✨ Parents & family members: Join NLP's @thequickness.bsky.social on April 30 at the Las Vegas Science & Technology Festival!

ℹ️ At this FREE, in-person event, learn how to grow kids' #MediaLiteracy skills with tools for smarter scrolling & safer sharing. Learn more & register below.

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Unpacking environmental misinformation: a critical analysis of PragerU videos
Alberto Arenas, Liz Boyce & Anthony Díaz Vásquez
984-1003 | DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2025.2605218

#criticaldiscourseanalysis #ideology #hegemony #medialiteracy

https://f.mtr.cool/ipagihnfab

Senate committee holds internet‑safety bill amid concerns over employee coverage and practicality of a curated list of websites Senate Bill 1912 would extend internet acceptable‑use requirements to public charter schools and pre‑K–12 instructional materials, require twice‑yearly policy review, and mandate complaint processes and third‑party audits; members raised concerns about excluding employees, the burden of maintaining an "acceptable websites" list and effects on instruction, and the committee held the bill for amendment.

The Senate Finance Committee is re-evaluating a pivotal internet-safety bill that aims to protect students but raises serious concerns over employee access and the practicality of maintaining a curated list of websites.

Read the full story

#TN #CitizenPortal #EducationPolicy #MediaLiteracy

#aljazeera is one of the best in my opinion

#NewYorkTimes AKA New York Crimes is one of the most worthless

#medialiteracy

An educational infographic titled "Introducing SIFT" illustrates Mike Caulfield’s framework for digital literacy: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, and Trace claims. Through cartoon illustrations, it emphasizes "lateral reading"—the practice of opening new tabs to verify a site's credibility—and uses a puppet metaphor to show how these skills prevent disinformation from "pulling your strings." Additional notes highlight the importance of media literacy for news and voting, suggesting Wikipedia as a research starting point.

Check out my new post, “Sketchnote to AI InfoGraphic”
www.speedofcreativity.org/2026/04/08/s...

Also on my “Media Literacy with Wes” Substack:
wfryer.substack.com/p/sketchnote...

#create2learn #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #AI #InfoGraphic #Claude #Gemini

LINKS - NOLIGARCHY.US

They’re counting on apathy.
https://f.mtr.cool/vobvvyfgjo is built for people who still give a damn.
Signal boost it. Democracy depends on it.
#StayWoke #NOLIGARCHY.US #MediaLiteracy

📢 New Training for Educators | IMMUNE 2 INFODEMIC 🗓️ 29 April 2026 How do you teach students to tell fact from fiction in today's information landscape? Join our upcoming training — "On the Border Between Fact and Fiction" — a Teacher's Guide to Dealing with Disinformation in the Class. Designed for educators who want practical tools to help their students navigate misinformation, this training is part of the EU-funded IMMUNE 2 INFODEMIC project, developed by Beyond the Horizon ISSG, FaktaBaari, Dare to be Grey, and Januam. ✅ Free of charge ✅ Practical & classroom-ready ✅ Backed by years of research and field experience 📌 Sign up now: https://tinyurl.com/I2ITeachers #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #Disinformation #TeacherTraining #EUProject #CriticalThinking #IMMUNE2INFODEMIC #BeyondTheHorizon

📢 New Training for Educators | IMMUNE 2 INFODEMIC

🗓️ 29 April 2026

How do you teach students to tell fact from fiction in today's information landscape?

📌 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/I2ITeachers

#MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #Disinformation

#MediaEdClub Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda (May 4th) mediaeducationlab.com/events/memes... cc #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #ConCW

슬롭가간다의 습격, 가짜 정보가 지배하는 세상에서 살아남는 3가지 방법 - IT Mania 도전인생 우리는 지금 진실과 거짓의 경계가 무너진 시대를 살고 있습니다. 최근 인터넷을 달구는 인공지능 생성 영상들이 그 증거인데요. 단순히 재미로 소비하던 콘텐츠들이 정치적 선전 도구로 변질되면서, 무엇이 진짜인지 구분하기조차 어려운 지경에 이르렀습니다. 기술이 발전할수록 우리의 판단력은

슬롭가간다의 습격, 가짜 정보가 지배하는 세상에서 살아남는 3가지 방법

https://bit.ly/4thhKbP

#슬롭가간다 #가짜정보 #AI영상 #트루스 #인공지능허위뉴스 #MediaLiteracy #Slopaganda

A cartoon illustration titled "MEMES, WARFARE, AND PROPAGANDA" showing four diverse people—a woman in a hijab, a man, a young boy, and a blonde woman—using magnifying glasses to inspect a cracked smartphone screen. The screen displays a Pepe the Frog meme, a laughing emoji, a launching missile, an image of an arrest, and a government-style seal.

Please join me on Monday, May 4th for the next free webinar meetup of the MediaEd Club of the Media Education Lab: "Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda"

Learn more and register on:
mediaeducationlab.com/events/memes...

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #LikeWar #warfare #propaganda #memes #MemeCulture

"My News Source Is Honest, Yours Is Propaganda" Your news source needs you angry, not informed. Both sides do it. Here's the proof.

Media Bias — A Hard Look…

open.substack.com/pub/sirstric...

#RationalizedHypocrisy #MediaBias #MediaLiteracy #ConfirmationBias #CriticalThinking #EvidenceOverAllegiance #Independent

📢 Save the Date: IMMUNE 2 INFODEMIC Final Event
🗓️ 6 May 2026 | 9:00–12:00 | Residence Palace (Maelbeek Room), Rue de la Loi 155, Brussels

🔗 Register now: behorizon.org/immune-2-inf...

#Infodemic #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #FIMI #Disinformation #EUPolicy #CriticalThinking #BeyondTheHorizon

Orality and literacy : Walter J. Ong : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

I have a theory that this book called Orality and literacy by Walter Ong from 1982 is probably really cool and interesting to read, and I should add it to my reading pile

#book #reading #literacy #medialiteracy #technology

archive.org/details/oral...

Authority Bias - Moresapien We give disproportionate weight to the opinions of people we perceive as authorities - even outside their expertise.

Your brain is playing tricks on you.

Authority Bias: We give disproportionate weight to the opinions of people we perceive as authorities - even outside their expertise.

https://moresapien.org/authority-bias

#Persuasion #Misinformation #MediaLiteracy

Republicans fooled by AI-generated image of US airman rescued in Iran Fake image of crew member surrounded by smiling military members has been reshared more than 21,000 times on X

Republicans fooled by AI-generated image of US airman rescued in Iran
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#GenerativeAI #Misinformation #MediaLiteracy

Media Literacy Distinguished Lecturer Community Event

📰 Join us for a Media Literacy Community Event on Saturday, April 25th at 1:00 pm with Distinguished Lecturer, Janine Zacharia. Learn more and sign up for your (free, but limited) seats: www.medialiteracycoalition.org/events @montereycountynow.com @voicesofmonterybay.bsky.social #MediaLiteracy

Counter-narrative pedagogies: teaching critical argumentation skills to combat educational misinformation on social media This theoretical paper introduces a novel framework of counter-narrative pedagogies designed to enhance critical argumentation skills as a defense against educational misinformation proliferating o...

New #medialiteracy study in Argumentation and Advocacy synthesizes previous research into a new framework of counter-narrative pedagogies to defend against social media misinformation.

Resist and Heal (@resistandheal) “Doxxing” is now a term of cultural literacy that every citizen should (unfortunately) know and understand. This should not normalize or legitimize this harmful and malicious abuse of digital power, b...

(1/2) “Doxxing” is now a term of cultural literacy that every citizen should (unfortunately) know and understand...

More on #ResistAndHeal:

substack.com/@resistandhe...

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy

In I'm Still Here, Love attorney Brian Rothschild discusses how social media influencers use disinformation to attract new followers and, oftentimes, make a profit by selling their products #disinformationawareness #disenfranchisedgrief #vaccinessavelives #medialiteracy #racialhealthdisparities