Media literacy

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Introduction

Media literacy is the ability to sift through and analyze any information on the web that informs, educates or entertains. It's the ability to bring critical thinking skills to evaluate all media from music videos and websites to film and virtual displays. Many librarians view it as part of information literacy.

See also Transliteracy for librarians

See also

• Answering health and medical reference questions
• CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
• Consumer health information
• Multilingual resources for patients
• Patient education
• Top 100 Canadian Health Websites
• Top Ten (10) Canadian Health Websites 2010
• Top Social Media Websites in Medicine - 2012
• WikiPatient

Disclaimer

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