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Presentation
The Urgency of News Literacy: Debunking Election Misinformation and Half-Truths
Boise State Public Radio
(2020)
Abstract
As the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced a new round of criticism from U.S. lawmakers, scholars are pointing to the growing need of so-called "news literacy" in the run-up to the 2020 election. Boise State professor Dr. Seth Ashley, author of "News Literacy and Democracy," is an expert on the media landscape.
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 29, 2020
Location
Boise, ID
Citation Information
George Prentice and Seth Ashley. "The Urgency of News Literacy: Debunking Election Misinformation and Half-Truths" Boise State Public Radio (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/seth_ashley/35/