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Shiftheads - Media Literacy Education Starts at Age 3 in Finland. Canada's Been Doing It Since 1989.
Media literacy education at age three sounds radical until you realize kids already distinguish storybooks from reality constantly. Finland teaches children to spot fake news early because they share a border with Russia's propaganda machine. Canada shares a border with a different propaganda machine. Same problem, different neighbor.
Neil Anderson explains how Ontario mandates media literacy and why kindergarten teachers practice it daily. Kids read voraciously but not novels. They consume news feeds, articles, and app-based communication instead of text messages. Teachers complain students…
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