Media literacy

LiveWell provides media literacy education to help UW students develop the tools and skills needed to be confident and competent media consumers and creators.

Check out our booklet, workshops, peer group, and other resources to help you:

build skills for healthier and more informed media consumption
better know the reliability and bias of your news source(s)
reflect on the pros and cons of media and what works best for you

Media literacy booklet

Our Media literacy booklet focuses on the pros and cons of media and has reflection questions to encourage you to think about what works best for you!

Peer Health Education workshops

Develop media literacy skills in Peer Health Education workshops such as Huskies Have Difficult Conversations and Husky Media Management (for Mental Health).

Huskies Have Difficult Conversations

This workshop includes media literacy skill development to help Huskies navigate misinformation and cultivate more mindful relationships with sources of news and media in their lives.

Husky Media Management (for Mental Health)

Learn skills for managing the mental and emotional stressors that comes from news and social media use, and the tricks that content creators use to manipulate our attention and emotions. Husky Media Management teaches pivotal media literacy skills for identifying misinformation and disinformation, as well as habits for more effectively consuming news and social media for stronger mental health and being an informed citizen.

Peer Group

Want to form a healthier relationship with social media? Join our Social Media Peer Group, Dawgs Unplugged, to explore the impact of overuse, learn strategies for healthier habits, and strengthen offline connections.

Media Bias Chart resource

It is difficult to separate opinions from facts in social media – even reporters and journalist fall victim to this. To stay an informed consumer, check out the interactive Media Bias Chart, which ranks news sources by political affiliation and credibility.