Media Literacy: Word/Phrase of the Week - Media Literacy Clearinghouse

News & Media Literacy: Word/Phrase of the Week
Each week, I tweet and post on Facebook a word (or phrase) that 21st century students should know and understand. (You don’t have to use THIS week’s—pick one from the growing list.) I recommend that educators task students with LOCATING A NEWS STORY which uses that word/phrase; be sure they understand its meaning and be aware of the word/phrase when they encounter it in the news or popular culture. Feel free to suggest a word or phrase to me by emailing me at fbaker1346@gmail.com

2023
Week of Word/Phrase

RETURNS IN 2024

November 26 Ghost newsroom
November 19 Confidence Dumping
November 12 Looksmaxing
November 5 Information Management
October 29 Spamouflage
October 22 Click Restraint
October 15 Pogrom
October 8 Shadow ban/banning
October 1 Tweakments
September 24 Smishing
September 17 Greedflation
September 10 Sadfishing
September 3 Skiplagging
BREAK
May 28 Misinformation Effect
May 21 Fitspo
May 14 Signal Boosting
May 7 no entry
April 30 Horse Race
April 23 Sonic Branding
April 16 Defamation
April 9 Doxxing
March 26 Fujiwhara effect
March 19 Indictment
March 12 Body Doubling
March 5 Anchoring Bias
February 26 Disinformation Racket
February 19 De-influencing
February 12 Darkness Retreat
February 5 Reconnaissance
January 29 Social Contagion
January 22 Newsjacking
January 15 Artificial Intelligence
January 8 Nepo Baby
January 1 Zombie Argument

2022
Week of Word/Phrase
December 25 Popunder, Kidult,
Device Fingerprinting, Tripledemic
December 18 Ghost Banning
December 11 Body Checking
December 4 Algospeak
November 20 Social Media Marketing
November 13 Identity Politics
November 6 Verification
October 30 Dark Money
October 23 Automatic Content Recognition
October 16 Shrinkflation
October 9 Ghosting, Orbiting, Submarining
October 2 Medical Gaslighting
September 25 Sharenting
September 18 Super Dodger
September 11 Surveillance Capitalism
September 4 Digital Amnesia
August 28 Cognitive Immunity

May 29 Climate Disinformation
May 22 Great Replacement Theory
May 15 Spliternet
May 8 Digital Redlining
May 1 Ruscism
April 24 Motion Smoothing
April 17 Phubbing
April 10 Hybrid Warfare
April 3 Russophobia
March 27 War of attrition; chemical weapons;
globalization; humanitarian corridor; rump state
March 20 War Fatigue/Safe Corridor
March 13 Browser Fingerprinting
March 6 Fog of War; No Fly Zone
February 27 Negativity Bias
February 20 Gerrymandering
February 13 False Flag
February 6 Conflict Entrepreneurs
January 30 Automated Content Recognition
January 23 Action Civics
January 16 Metatextuality
January 9 Flurona
January 2 Anti-Visualization

Week of Word/Phrase
2021
December 26 Verify
December 19 Toyetic
Dec 12 Omicron Variant
December 5 Cognitive Bias
November 28 Nano-Influencer
November 21 Woke washing
November 14 Wokeness
November 7 Availability Bias
October 31 Subvertising
October 24 Metaverse
October 17 Twindemic
October 10 “participatory disinformation”
October 3 “dark advertising”
September 26 Greenwashing
September 19 finfluencer
September 12 revenge travel
September 5 “participatory disinformation”
August 29 Prebunking
August 22 Facetuning|May 23 Zombie Claim
May 16 Ransomware
May 9 Anti-Vax
May 2 Attention Treadmill
April 25 Geo Spoofing
(aka location spoofing)
April 18 Zombie President Conspiracy
April 11   Dark Patterns
April 4     Newsjacking
March 28 Surveillance Advertising
March 21 Upfront
March 13 Easter Egg (as in movies)
March 7          Nomad
February 28 Zoom Fatigue
February 21 Fourth Wall
February 14 Doomscrolling
February 7 Down the Rabbit Hole
January 31 Conspiracy Theory
January 24 Truth Decay
January 17 Deplatforming
January 10   Mass delusion
January 3      Sound Beaming

Week of Word/Phrase

2020
December 27 Blursday
December 20 Trypanophobia
December 13 Naive Realism
December 6 Brand intimacy
November 29 Information Warfare
November 22 Targeted Ads
November 15 Lame duck
November 8 Illusory truth effect
November 1 Clickbait
October 25 Wokewashing
October 19 Gaslighting
October 12 Screen Addiction
October 5 Super Spreader
September 27 Long Haulers
September 20 Data Harvesting
September 13 Information Laundering
September 6 Silent Spreaders
August 31 Battleground States
August 24 Belief Echoes
August 17 Herd immunity

June 7 Resistance Journalism
May 31 Digital First Responders
May 24 Patchwork Pandemic
May 17 Televisits
May 10 Disinfodemic
May 3 Disastertising
April 26 “Rabbit Hole”
April 19 “Blackfishing”
April 12 “Contact Tracing”
April 5 “Zero Risk Bias”
March 29 “The New Normal”
March 22 “Infodemic”
March 15 “social distancing”
March 8 “earned media”
March 1 “illusory truth effect”
February 23 “Screen Time”
February 16 “Native Advertising”
February 9 “Geofence”
February 2 “Clout Chaser”
January 26 “Catfishing”
January 19 “Computational Propaganda”
January 12 “Media Bias”
January 5 “Attention Economy”

Week of Word/Phrase
2019
December 29 “Toxic Cynicism”
December 22 “information pollution”
December 15 ” artistic license”
December 8 “for your consideration”
December 1 “cancel culture”
November 24 “cultural currency”
November 17 “algorithm bias”
November 10 “algorithm literacy”
November 3 Stereotype
October 27 “Addressable TV”
October 20 “news deserts”
October 13 “sadfishing”
October 6 “showrunner”
September 29 “Immersive Technology”
September 22 “Misrepresentation”
September 15 Four Phrases
September 8 “Computer mediated communication”
September 1 “Social media influencer”
August 25 “Artificial Intelligence”
August 18 “False Equivalence”
August 11 “Social Engineering”
August 4 “Truth Decay”June 9 “Dark Money”
June 2 “Phishing”
May 26 “Cognitive Dissonance”
May 19 “Facial Recognition”
May 12 “Product Placement”
May 5 “Micro-influencers”
April 28 “Twitter bots”
April 21 “Representation”
April 14 “Net Neutrality”
April 7 “Upfronts”
March 31 “Verification”
March 24 “Confirmation Bias”
March 17 “Echo Chamber”
March 10 “Sealioning”
March 3 “Typosquatting”
February 24 “Deepfake”