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Information literacy is the ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to develop informed views and to engage fully with society. Information literacy incorporates a set of skills and abilities which everyone needs to undertake information-related tasks; for instance, how to discover, […]

Media literacy is explained in the UK Government’s Online Media Literacy Strategy (published in July 2021) as follows: An understanding of the nature and characteristics of material published by means of the electronic media. An awareness of the impact that such material may have (for example, the impact on the behaviour of those who receive