Media Literacy - Week 4

 Media Literacy

Week 4, Reading Task


While reading the three different pieces of reading, I gained a lot of insight from each of them.


I found the use of statistics in the first opinion piece, ‘Digital media companies found lacking in helping users understand the online environment’ written by Dr Niamh Kirk very useful as it gave me a better understanding of the numbers. I found it really interesting that only 62% of people surveyed had concerns about misinformation online. I would have personally expected a higher percentage considering how much the internet has changed and developed over the last couple of years.


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