Media Literacy
We live in an age of information overload. Every scroll, swipe, and headline shapes how we see the world – but not all of it is true, fair or accurate. Media literacy is the ability to critically access, analyse, evaluate, and create media in all its forms. It’s about learning to ask the right questions:
- Who made this?
- Why?
- Can I trust it?
- What’s missing?
In a time when disinformation spreads faster than facts, and powerful interests manipulate narratives for profit or power, being media literate isn’t just helpful – it’s essential. It’s how we protect ourselves, our communities, and our democracies from harmful manipulation. Media literacy gives us tools to resist misleading stories, expose propaganda, and amplify truth – especially when truth is under threat.
📚 Explore Tools, Games and Learning Resources
On this page, you’ll find some of the best resources available for building your media literacy.
Whether you’re a complete beginner, a teacher, an activist, or just someone who wants to sharpen their filters, there’s something here for you – from interactive games and fact-checking tools to image forensics and video explainers.
We’ll keep updating the list, so check back regularly – and if you have a great resource to share, we’d love to hear from you! Contact us here!
🗓️ Media Literacy Week
Each year, Media Literacy Week celebrates and promotes the power of critical thinking in the digital age.
A major annual event from 24 to 31 October, UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week raises awareness and celebrates progress in media literacy worldwide.
Each year features a flagship conference—next in Cartagena, Colombia on 23–24 October 2025—focused on themes like AI, digital rights, and public-interest information.
Global Media and Information Literacy Week (UNESCO)
https://www.unesco.org/en/weeks/media-information-literacy
TOOLS & RESOURCES
Fakey – https://fakey.osome.iu.edu/
A free interactive game that simulates a news feed where users decide to share, fact‑check, or hide items to learn how to spot misinformation
Bad News – https://www.getbadnews.com/en
A browser game where you “play” a fake‑news tycoon, learning common misinformation tactics to inoculate yourself against them
Harmony Square – https://www.harmonysquare.game
Browser based social platform/disinformation game
Hoaxy – https://hoaxy.indiana.edu/
A visualisation tool showing how claims and fact‑checks spread across social media networks
Forensically – https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/
A suite of free digital image‑forensics tools (clone detection, error‑level, metadata) to verify the authenticity of photos
Checkology (News Literacy Project) – https://get.checkology.org/
A browser‑based virtual classroom offering interactive lessons on bias, verification, conspiracies and civic media literacy
MediaSmarts – http://mediasmarts.ca/
A Canadian charity with tip‑sheets, videos, quizzes, lesson plans and workshops on digital literacy and critical thinking
StopFake – https://www.stopfake.org/en/
A Ukrainian fact‑checking site with up‑to‑date debunks of disinformation, tools for verification, and guides on spotting fakes.
Transitions Media – Education Resources – transitionsmedia.org
Transitions Media offers diverse, practical journalism and media literacy training—like workshops, webinars, and an online learning academy—designed to strengthen journalistic skills, digital savvy, and disinformation resilience across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Türkiye, and Eurasia.
FactCheck.org – https://www.factcheck.org/
A non‑partisan resource debunking viral rumours, politicians’ claims, and election misinformation—updated monthly .
News Literacy Project – https://newslit.org/
Offers The Sift newsletter, Informable quiz app, RumorGuard, plus webinars and educator resources to counter misinformation