More about Learn to Discern

More about Learn to Discern

Success Stories

Youth leader teaching a lesson in front of a class of students

Youth leaders increase resilience to manipulative information in communities across India

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L2D India trainers utilize brave space approach to enhance media literacy for youth in India

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IREX information literacy L2D methodology is proving vital during the war in Ukraine

Youth trainers holding certificates.

Youth trainers in the Baltics unite for Media Literacy Skills Month

Insights

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What media and civil society leaders can do to mitigate technology-fueled misogyny in the 2024 elections

By:
Elayne Deelen and Katya Vogt
Kristin Lord and others walk around a damaged school

Reflections from Ukraine: A report from IREX President and CEO, Kristin Lord

By:
Kristin Lord
Woman doing a yoga pose

Five reasons why digital wellness should be an integral part of media literacy

By:
Stanley Currier, Tara Susman-Peña, and Matthew Vanderwerff
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What we learned about building resilience to manipulative information from Learn to Discern

By:
Katya Vogt
Online video call with 42 people.

Online games and activities can help people recognize COVID-19 disinformation

By:
Simon Mairson
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Studies show pioneering media literacy approach can build citizen resistance to the COVID-19 “infodemic"

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Educators need a new approach to teaching media literacy in the age of misinformation

By:
Tara Susman-Peña
Notes on a wall at MisinfoCon DC. The notes are about trust in media, tech adoption, the digital divide, the utility of print, and other factors that relate to disinformation.

Data science and machine learning can help fight disinformation—but we need savvy news consumers, too

By:
Olena Vlasova
Ukrainians’ self defense against information war: What we learned from Learn to Discern

Ukrainians’ self-defense against disinformation: What we learned from Learn to Discern

By:
Tara Susman-Peña and Katya Vogt

News

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IREX Launches Balkans Regional Media Literacy Network

By:
Jenna Presta
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Randomized control trial finds IREX's media literacy messages to be effective in reducing engagement with misinformation

Photo of a person using a video camera and a person holding a microphone boom pole on the set of the Moldovan sitcom Italia Patria Nostra.

Media programs adapt to COVID-19 and counter misinformation

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IREX and the Great Courses launch online course to fight misinformation

Participants attending the countrywide, livestreamed media literacy lesson in Ukraine.

IREX and partners conduct countrywide media literacy lesson in Ukraine

Center for European Policy Analysis highlights IREX’s innovation in strengthening media literacy

Center for European Policy Analysis highlights IREX’s innovation in strengthening media literacy

Resources

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Learn to Discern: Media Literacy Trainer's Manual

A teacher and students in a classroom in Ukraine. The students are doing a media literacy exercise with orange and blue pieces of paper.

Evaluation of Students’ Ability to Detect Misinformation After Learning Media Literacy Techniques in School

Photo of participants in Learn to Discern's media literacy training

Impact Study on Citizens’ Ability to Detect Misinformation 1.5 Years After Completing a News Media Literacy Program