Literacy is not just about reading, it’s also about getting people interested in learning. That’s how we expand our vocabulary and understand language. Teaching someone to be proactive in their language learning prompts people to look for factual definitions & answers.
Most people do not read propaganda & lies, they usually just repeat what someone else has said. The only people reading that are the ones searching for confirmation bias of their conspiracy theories (911, UFOs, bigfoot, etc.).
This is why fox news is so popular with low information conservatives, or talk radio even. It’s just a passive consumption of lies that they can get ‘angry’ about.
Literacy is not just about reading, it’s also about getting people interested in learning. That’s how we expand our vocabulary and understand language. Teaching someone to be proactive in their language learning prompts people to look for factual definitions & answers. Most people do not read propaganda & lies, they usually just repeat what someone else has said. The only people reading that are the ones searching for confirmation bias of their conspiracy theories (911, UFOs, bigfoot, etc.). This is why fox news is so popular with low information conservatives, or talk radio even. It’s just a passive consumption of lies that they can get ‘angry’ about.