A Need for Media Literacy

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published September 6, 2017 at 10:45 AM CDT

Alicia Shepard, a journalist and researcher, says the flood of false news from many different sources means it is time to seriously think about media literacy as a requirement.

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