Real-World Applications
📋 What it is
Media literacy protects you daily: judging what to trust, share, and how ads and feeds try to steer you.
🗣️ Coach says
You swim in information all day — feeds, ads, group chats, videos. Media literacy is your filter: pause, check the source and date, spot the persuasion, and decide before you believe or share.
🧠 Memory hook
Your daily filter: pause · check · spot the spin · then share.
😂 Giggle
What's the difference between a journalist and a detective?
One has a press pass, the other has a badge — both ask too many questions!
😲 Whoa!
Recommendation feeds are designed to keep you scrolling, so they often show what’s SHOCKING over what’s true.
✅ Quick check: Give one everyday moment where media literacy protects you.
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Examples: deciding whether to share a viral post, spotting a fake "news" ad, checking a shocking claim before believing it.
Daily transfer is the whole point of learning media literacy.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Before sharing something today, run the check: who made it, when, and why?