Media Literacy and Digital Reality

The digital, social media landscape that we currently live in is fraught with incredible danger, but how do we balance that with the unprecedented opportunities for connection and communication it also offers? Jiabao Li’s TED Talk ‘Art That Reveals How Technology Frames Reality’ brings many of the dangers into direct view. If we continue to consume social media and digital technology without a critical understanding of how it functions, we become the product and unwitting tool of those in control of the people who know how to manipulate the flow of information for their own purposes.