ABSTRACT
Media and information literacies have long been taught in libraries and classrooms, and with the recent uptick in fake news and discussions about misinformation and disinformation, there have been innumerable articles, books, and games designed to educate consumers about the perils of false information. The concepts of misinformation and disinformation are increasingly discussed in the field of information science and many other disciplines and can be thought of as two sides of the same coin. Critical information literacy is useful when understanding that cultural messages in particular are prone to misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation because it suggests examining information and media in context and outside the vacuums in which they are often found. Media literacy narrows the focus a bit by focusing on mass media such as television and radio, and it can also encompass video games and print products such as comic books and graphic novels.
