Special Edition: Skepticism Without Cynicism - Navigating News, Media & AI
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In honor of the 10th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week, we're talking about how to navigate the constant flood of information in today's media world.
We discuss how to decipher what's accurate – or not; what's real – or AI; what bias could be at play; and how to be a skeptic – without cynicism.
Check out our one-page "cheat sheet" with seven key questions to ask yourself to improve your media literacy. Get the download at thenewsworthy.com/medialiteracy.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, October 26th. |
| 0:03.0 | Here on the newsworthy, we try to help you navigate the overload of news and information there |
| 0:07.0 | is every day. |
| 0:08.6 | But I'm guessing you still feel bombarded by it all sometimes, especially this election season. |
| 0:13.6 | So today in honor of the 10th annual US Media Literacy Week, that is just wrapping up, we are talking |
| 0:18.8 | about how to navigate media, from deciphering what's accurate or not, what's real or AI, what bias |
| 0:26.2 | could be at play and how to be a skeptic without cynicism. Later you'll hear |
| 0:30.9 | from Julie Mistrini from all sides. |
| 0:33.0 | It's a public benefit corporation that tries to free people from filter bubbles so they can better |
| 0:37.1 | understand the world and each other. |
| 0:39.2 | But first I'm talking with Christina Vega of the News Literacy Project. It's a nonpartisan nonprofit |
| 0:44.4 | that provides free training and resources for educators across the country to |
| 0:48.2 | help them teach students how to separate fact from fiction. She's sharing new |
| 0:52.1 | research about how many teens are believing |
| 0:54.1 | conspiracy theories and using AI. Before we dive in though I do want to mention |
| 0:58.6 | that we've created a one-page cheat sheet of sorts with seven key questions to ask yourself to improve your media literacy |
| 1:05.1 | get the download at the Newsworthy.com slash media literacy. Okay now let's get into it. |
| 1:10.5 | Welcome welcome to the news Let's get into it. Welcome! |
| 1:14.0 | To The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity |
| 1:18.5 | every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 1:21.2 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our |
| 1:23.3 | regular episodes where we provide all the days news in 10 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy |
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