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Critical Cultural Literacy Toolkit
Definitions
- Information literacy:
- The ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.
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Political literacy:
- The ability to understand and engage in public events and debate.
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Historical literacy:
- The knowledge of history and the ability to engage in conceptual reasoning about the past.
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Emotional literacy:
- The ability to understand your emotions and empathize with the emotions of others.
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Cultural literacy:
- The ability to comprehend and communicate across different cultural contexts.
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Racial literacy:
- The ability to probe the existence of racism and examine the effects of race and institutionalized systems.
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Misinformation:
- False information.
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Disinformation:
- A subset of misinformation spread with a purposeful intent to influence, manipulate, or deceive its target audience.
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Malinformation:
- Information that is based in reality but removed from its original context to inflict intentional harm on a person, group, or other entity.