Information and media literacy
Information and media literacy (IML) enables people to show and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages. IML is a combination of information literacy and media literacy. The transformative nature of IML includes creative works and creating new knowledge; to publish and collaborate responsibly requires ethical, cultural and social understanding. The term "media and information literacy" is used by UNESCO to differentiate the combined study from the existing study of information literacy. Renee Hobbs suggests that “few people verify the information they find online ― both adults and children tend to uncritically trust information they found from whatever source.”People need to gauge the credibility of information and can do so by answering three questions:

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