Critical Media Literacy in the Time of Lies

William M. Reynolds; Bradley Porfilio

doi:10.1163/25900110-00101012

Critical Media Literacy in the Time of Lies

William M. Reynolds, Bradley Porfilio

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Seattle University

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The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and the truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world – and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end – is being destroyed. arendt, 1973, p. 14 … But most people use social media not to unite, not to open their horizons wider, but on the contrary, to cut themselves a comfort zone where

Original language	American English
Journal	The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/25900110-00101012
State	Published - Apr 3 2019

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Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Educational Methods

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