# Media Literacy During COVID-19

*As we all work through the challenges of this pandemic, consider the areas in which media literacy skills are vitally necessary. Below are a list of resources we have gathered from trusted media literacy partners working to help us make sense of the myriad of news reports, the misinformation, and the confusion. We hope the following resources are helpful. If you have specific questions, please contact Sherri Hope Culver at <shculver@temple.edu>.*

 

Our partnership with the UNESCO Global Alliance on Partnerships for Media and Information Literacy has developed **T*he Media and Information Literacy Alliance Response to COVID-19.***

<https://en.unesco.org/themes/media-and-information-literacy/gapmil/covid19>

 

 

**1. Tips for sorting through news and information**

**[Mind Over Media](https://mindovermedia.tv/)** : a crowdsourced educational platform that contains diverse examples of contemporary propaganda on a wide range of social, political, economic and environmental topics. <https://propaganda.mediaeducationlab.com/>

Eight ways you can stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation

<https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/03/19/coronavirus-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-facebook-youtube-instagram/2870277001/>

Sign up for the Politico newsletter focused on facts about the pandemic called PolitiFact:

[https://politifact.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7fcd21cd74d3867be10c01899&amp;id=024b316310](https://politifact.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7fcd21cd74d3867be10c01899&id=024b316310)

 

**2. Tips for teaching media literacy online**

Media Education Lab's Virtually Viral Hangouts every day, Monday through Friday at 1:00pm EST.

<https://mediaeducationlab.com/online-gathering-share-and-support-educators-during-coronavirus-pandemic>

Resources for teachers

<https://medialiteracynow.org/resources-for-teachers/>

**3. Tips for adults helping children make sense of media reports about the virus**

Common Sense Media resources for families

<https://www.commonsensemedia.org/resources-for-families-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic>

Free online events and activities

[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/free-online-events-activities-kids-at-home-coronavirus?j=7711684&amp;sfmc\_sub=170707029&amp;l=2048712\_HTML&amp;u=143747071&amp;mid=6409703&amp;jb=1012&amp;utm\_source=covid19\_freeactivities\_20200323&amp;utm\_medium=email](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/free-online-events-activities-kids-at-home-coronavirus?j=7711684&sfmc_sub=170707029&l=2048712_HTML&u=143747071&mid=6409703&jb=1012&utm_source=covid19_freeactivities_20200323&utm_medium=email)

A message from Miss Persona

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXC2Q9p2Ls>

How to talk to your child about the coronavirus

<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/opinion/coronavirus-children.html>

Predictability can help kids cope

<https://kidscreen.com/2020/03/19/predictability-can-help-kids-cope/>

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

<https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/>

*For more media literacy information visit the National Association for Media Literacy Education*: <https://namle.net/>