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Media Literacy’s Role in Preserving and Redefining the Public Commons

March 1, 2025 by Karen Ambrosh, Belinha De Abreu

When our editorial committee started planning for this issue, we were pondering how to address the extreme polarization we were seeing in the U.S. election campaign. In 2024, at least 64 countries were holding elections, highlighting the variety and fragility of democracy around the globe. Online digital spaces complicate the traditional concept of the town square in which … [Read more...] about Media Literacy’s Role in Preserving and Redefining the Public Commons

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