Media LIT: Overcoming Information Overload
Media LIT: Overcoming Information Overload
Founded in 2015
Media Lit: Overcoming Information Overload is an online media literacy course hosted by Arizona State University that educates users on the skills needed to navigate the information ecosystem, to engage as viewers and creators of information, and to analyze information, distinguishing between true and false information.
Media LIT: Overcoming Information Overload is not affiliated with RAND. It was selected for this database because it fits our researchers' inclusion criteria.
- Tool type
- Education/training
- Status
- Fully operational
- Intended users
- General public, Teachers/Students
- Cost
- Free
- Tool focus
- This tool is process-focused. It evaluates how information is produced and disseminated.
- Method or technology
- Online course or game
- Is the tool automated?
- No
- Founding organization
- Arizona State University
- Founder/primary contact
- Dan Gillmor, Kristy Roschke
How is this tool working to address disinformation?
This tool aims to fight disinformation by creating a cohort of information consumers who are better able to identify and avoid false information online.
Is there a connection with tech platforms?
None found
Who is funding the tool?
University of Arizona funded and created the initial course, and there is a $25 certificate of completion on edx.org that generates additional revenue.
Are there external evaluations?
None found