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 it)
- An awareness and understanding of the processes by which such material is selected or made available for publication
- an awareness of the available systems by which:
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- the nature of such material may be established the reliability and accuracy of such material may be established
- personal information may be protected
- persons to whom such material is made available may control what is received
- an awareness of the uses to which the systems mentioned may be put.