Media Literacy: Word of the Week News & Media Literacy: Word/Phrase of the Week Each week, I tweet and post on Facebook a word (or phrase) that 21st century students should know and understand. (You don’t have to use THIS week’s—pick one from the growing list.) I recommend that educators ask students to locate a news story which uses that word/phrase; be sure theyunderstand its meaning and be aware of the word/phrase when they encounter it in the news or popular culture. Feel free to suggest a word or phrase to me by emailing me at [email protected] Week of Word/Phrase 2020 December 27 Blursday December 20 Trypanophobia Week of Word/Phrase December 13 Naive Realism 2019 December 6 Brand intimacy December 29 “Toxic Cynicism” November 29 Information December 22 “information Warfare pollution” November 22 Targeted Ads December 15 ” artistic license” November 15 Lame duck Week of Word/Phrase December 8 “for your November 8 Illusory truth 2021 consideration” effect September 26 Greenwashing December 1 “cancel culture” November 1 Clickbait September 19 finfluencer November 24 “cultural currency” October 25 Wokewashing September 12 revenge travel November 17 “algorithm bias” October 19 Gaslighting September 5 “participatory November 10 “algorithm literacy” October 12 Screen Addiction disinformation” November 3 Stereotype October 5 Super Spreader August 29 Prebunking October 27 “Addressable TV” September 27 Long Haulers August 22 Facetuning October 20 “news deserts” September 20 Data Harvesting WE’RE ON HIATUS: October 13 “sadfishing” September 13 Information RETURNING THIS FALL October 6 “showrunner” Laundering May 23 Zombie Claim September 29 “Immersive September 6 Silent Spreaders May 16 Ransomware Technology” August 31 Battleground States May 9 Anti-Vax September 22 “Misrepresentation” August 24 Belief Echoes May 2 Attention Treadmill September 15 Four Phrases August 17 Herd immunity April 25 Geo Spoofing September 8 “Computer mediated WE WILL RETURN IN THE FALL (aka location spoofing) communication” June 7 Resistance April 18 Zombie President September 1 “Social media Journalism Conspiracy influencer” May 31 Digital First April 11 Dark Patterns August 25 “Artificial Responders April 4 Newsjacking Intelligence” May 24 Patchwork Pandemic March 28 Surveillance Advertising August 18 “False Equivalence” May 17 Televisits March 21 Upfront August 11 “Social Engineering” May 10 Disinfodemic March 13 Easter Egg (as in August 4 “Truth Decay” May 3 Disastertising movies) RETURNING IN THE FALL April 26 “Rabbit Hole” March 7 Nomad June 9 “Dark Money” April 19 “Blackfishing” February 28 Zoom Fatigue June 2 “Phishing” April 12 “Contact Tracing” February 21 Fourth Wall May 26 “Cognitive Dissonance” April 5 “Zero Risk Bias” February 14 Doomscrolling May 19 “Facial Recognition” March 29 “The New Normal” February 7 Down the Rabbit Hole May 12 “Product Placement” March 22 “Infodemic” January 31 Conspiracy Theory May 5 “Micro-influencers” March 15 “social distancing” January 24 Truth Decay April 28 “Twitter bots” March 8 “earned media” January 17 Deplatforming April 21 “Representation” March 1 “illusory truth January 10 Mass delusion April 14 “Net Neutrality” effect” January 3 Sound Beaming April 7 “Upfronts” February 23 “Screen Time” March 31 “Verification” February 16 “Native March 24 “Confirmation Bias” Advertising” March 17 “Echo Chamber” February 9 “Geofence” March 10 “Sealioning” February 2 “Clout Chaser” March 3 “Typosquatting” January 26 “Catfishing” February 24 “Deepfake” January 19 “Computational Propaganda” January 12 “Media Bias” January 5 “Attention Economy” .