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The Legal Context of News Literacy
Abstract
The legal context for news literacy includes international human rights law, regional policymaking and governance, national legislation and regulatory efforts. Additionally, news literacy is enhanced by understanding certain legal concepts, including balancing of interests and logical reasoning using analogies. A fundamental question on which law contributes is the definition of news or journalism. Given the increasing presence of disinformation and misinformation in the marketplace of ideas, the news literate citizen must be able to critically analyze not only the content of news but also the environment—legal and otherwise—in which it exists and with which it interacts. The goal of this chapter is to expand on these and other aspects of the legal context of news literacy.
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