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LESSON 2 · Don't Get Fooled: Media Literacy

Build Your Defenses

Resistance is a set of habits:

  • Learn the tricks until you spot them on sight in ads and speeches
  • Widen your sources — one perspective means you live in an echo chamber
  • Ask who benefits — every message has a sender with an agenda
  • Distrust urgency — "act now before it is too late" is a pressure tactic
  • Study old propaganda — past examples make today's easier to catch