Preface As of 2022, there are almost 35 million social media users in Canada. In 2018, there were less than 25 million (Dixon, 2022). A difference of around 10 million or 40% in just five years. When beginning to research social media and democracy, I...
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Regarding Literacy in the Age of Social Media
As of January 2021, 86% of Americans got at least some news from digital devices, a higher proportion than television, radio, and print (Shearer, 2021). This statistic is occurring in what some are calling “the age of misinformation”, a period where it is nearly impossible...