Happy Mental Health Awareness Month and 6 year anniversary of Psych Talk. In today's solo episode of Psych Talk I discuss media literacy and the impacts on mental health. I start the episode by defining what media literacy is and discuss media literacy education and why it is so important. I discuss the impact of AI on media literacy and the challenges it brings to deciphering real from misleading information. I discuss the impact of media literacy on youth, as well as the relationship between media literacy and mental health. I end the discussion by identifying ways that we can increase our media literacy skills.
Resources:
https://medialiteracynow.org/
https://namle.org/resources/media-literacy-defined/
https://www.projectlooksharp.org/our-approach.php#
https://newslit.org/tips-tools/expand-your-view-with-lateral-reading/
https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/news/getting-your-facts-straight-tips-on-media-literacy/
Sources:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.05749
https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Europol_Innovation_Lab_Facing_Reality_Law_Enforcement_And_The_Challenge_Of_Deepfakes.pdf
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/04/teen-social-use-mental-health
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/teens-trust-and-technology-in-the-age-of-ai_v2_web.pdf
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/youth-rely-digital-platforms-need-media-literacy-access-political-information
https://www.closeup.org/media-literacy-is-crucial-for-young-citizens/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X25000685
https://medialiteracynow.org/why-media-literacy-now-supports-digital-wellness-and-media-literacy-in-health-education/
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