No, ‘cognitive strengthening exercises’ aren’t the answer to media literacy

No, ‘cognitive strengthening exercises’ aren’t the answer to media literacy
Benjamin Doxtdator, Long View on Education, 2018/03/16
Both dana boyd's original post and Benjamin Doxtdator's response are really strong posts and I recommend you take the time to read both carefully. I cited a previous post from boyd recently making some of the same points. Essentially, boyd is saying that we need to 'innoculate' people from deception in media, while Doxdator is saying that this fails to address the power dynamic in society. More...