Gateway Media Literacy Partners

Jessica Bellomo has long made a point to instruct her Webster University students on the importance of media literacy. But in recent semesters, she’s…

Gateway Media Literacy Partners is hosting its 12th annual Media Literacy Week. The events of the week encourage community conversations to help audiences…

You’ve seen it in your newsfeed before and perhaps even clicked on it or shared it: a bogus “news” story related to the election. While Facebook and other…

Smartphones, tablets, computers at home, computers at school, computers at the library, augmented reality, video games…the list of new platforms that…

You’ve likely seen Facebook or Twitter posts from friends or family members that link to information that seems almost but not quite plausible. Those…

New types of media, including social media, are changing the media landscape, but aren’t changing the need for media literacy.“We define media literacy at…

With the advent of smart phones and tablets, media messages are now ever-present. And with social media, Internet television, satellite radio, blogs and…

Ongoing media coverage of Hurricane Sandy has highlighted the importance of media literacy.Some news outlets incorrectly reported the New York Stock…