Closing Keynote: Making Sense of Media | Michael Spikes
Channel: Info Lit Summit
Date: 09/05/2023

Making Sense of Media: A Framework for Media Literacy & Introductions to News Media Literacy 
Michael Spikes, Co-founder, Illinois Media Literacy Coalition
A new requirement for teaching a unit of media literacy has offered teachers and students in Illinois an opportunity to lead the country in building literacy around the use and utility of information and media sources online. And the need for these skills, both for teachers and students, have never been more urgent, as we struggle to distinguish fact from fiction. In this talk, we’ll explore the issues surrounding media literacy and learn about the framework for media literacy from the Illinois Media Literacy Coalition. We’ll also explore a model and examples for teaching media literacy skills through the lens of news media literacy, a subset of media literacy education that builds knowledge and skills for active and critical consumption of media that uses journalism as a lens for developing those skills and news media as a platform for continuous practice of those skills.