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Author
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Karen Fowler-Watt and Julian McDougall
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Year
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2018
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Publisher
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Journalism Education
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Abstract
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This paper provides research findings to support the
case for media literacy as an aid to journalists and journalism educators in a disruptive age through the fostering of resilient media engagement by young citizens. It
posits that encouraging media literacy in news consuming publics facilitates a more critically engaged civic society. Focused on trust, it shares the outcomes of a project
funded by the US Embassy in London, which brought together leading researchers from the United States and
UK with a range of key stakeholders, including journalists. Their collective aim: to devise a practical strategy for
harnessing media literacy to develop young people’s understanding of and ability to withstand ‘fake news’.