Media Literacy Subdues Fake News

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Published Feb. 25, 2021, 11:57 a.m. by Prince Opoku Dogbey

The evolution of the media, such as the rise of social media has led to the widespread of fake news which misleads society. However, media literacy plays a good role in being able to decipher the right news from fake ones. The fact that one can access media content and share it doesn't make a person media literate.

Nowadays, people share fake news without fact-checking. A media literate person accesses evaluates, analyses and practices fact-checking before disseminating media content. In so doing, the dominance of fake news will be subdued. 

Section 76 of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) indicates that any person who misleads the public commits an offence and will be fined Thirty-Six Thousand Ghana Cedis (36,000) or will serve a term of imprisonment not more than five (5) years. 

Social media users should be in the wake and exhibit a high sense of media literacy. One way to solve this is to initiate the teaching of media literacy in our basic schools as part of its extra-curricular activities. 
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                               

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