Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey wrote this piece at the invitation of Facet Publishing to celebrate UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week. This posting “Advancing Metaliteracy” presents an analysis of the Metaliterate Learner figure within the context of today’s Post-Truth World. Feel free to respond to the ideas presented in the original blog posting or the reposting that appears here at Metaliteracy.org.
Guest post by Trudi E. Jacobson and Thomas P. Mackey, co-editors of Metaliteracy in Practice and co-authors of Metaliteracy
Photo by Nathaniel Shuman on Unsplash
In the past year, the term “fake news” first began to be used broadly, as part of the immediate media analysis and critique of the way false information easily circulated during the 2016 Presidential Election. Previously, fake news referred to made-up or distorted news, as evident in the kind of comedy routines we see on TV or read about in satirical publications, either in print or online. But soon thereafter, the term fake news itself was appropriated in a new and more cynical way to attack prominent news sources that countered in any way the narrative of “alternative facts” being presented. Welcome to the “post-truth era” and one of the many literacy challenges we face in today’s connected world. The term “Post-truth” was the topic…
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