News Literacy

Goals

NL is a method that equips people to reliably get an AVR (Accurate View of Reality) with respect to current news.

An AVR is a set of beliefs that

Have an accurate view of reality and avoid being deceived or misled by bad actors.

Make better choices about threats and opportunities in your environment.

Feel confident that you are well-informed and can trust your news sources.

Earn social trust because your views are accurate and reliable.

Act as a well-informed and responsible citizen in your community.

NL is a method that equips people to effectively get an AVR (Accurate View of Reality) with respect to the news.

An AVR means holding beliefs that reflect the best available evidence and updating those beliefs as new evidence emerges.

Have an accurate view of reality; avoid being decieved or conned by bad actors.

Make the best choices with respect to threats and opportunities in your environment.

Feel confident that you are informed and you can trust your sources.

Get social rewards because you have accurate views of reality and they are trustworthy.

Be a good citizen in your community.

To excel at NL, apply the causal model which is

(Standards → Coverage + Filter → Judge + Update) → AVR

This model states that the rewards of news literacy (AVR) can be harvested by applying five drivers: standards, coverage, filter, judge, and update.

The best way to learn any causal model is to use iterations cycles.

Learn the model at an appropriate level → Apply it → Reflect/Improve → Repeat with each cycle involving deeper model understanding and more rewards