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Author
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Linus Andersso
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Year
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2021
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Publisher
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Media Education Research Journal
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Abstract
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This article explores what critical thinking might mean in a media
and information literacy (MIL) context by investigating how
critical thinking is expressed in three reports that relate MIL to
radicalization awareness and counter extremism. The purpose is
to engage with recent debates about MIL and research on critical
thinking and contribute to a grounded and theoretically informed
foundation for discussing MIL competence. Findings indicate
a primitive use of the term critical thinking, often bundled up
with concepts such as democracy, creativity, and citizenship.
More detailed and concrete descriptions about what to expect
from critical thinking in a MIL framework display what can be
described as a Gnostic impulse: critical thinking as a skill to
reveal hidden meanings, to see through propaganda and flawed
arguments. In other words, a critical thinking that asks people
to doubt what they see. This notion is problematized in relation
to writings on media literacy and critical thinking, focusing on
the importance of acknowledging reflexivity and identity in the
definition of critical thinking.
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Language
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ENGLISH