What critical thinking habits support literacy
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Critical thinking habits that support media literacy include routinely asking who created a piece of content and why, checking whether a claim is supported by verifiable evidence, and being willing to update a view when presented with credible new information, a nuance that shapes how it plays out.
These habits also involve a degree of self awareness, recognising one's own susceptibility to bias and emotional reaction, rather than assuming that only other people are vulnerable to being misled by persuasive but inaccurate content, which is easy to take for granted, something worth bearing in mind, which underscores why the safeguard matters.
Building these habits takes deliberate practice over time, since they run somewhat against the natural instinct to accept information that arrives quickly and confidently, particularly when it aligns comfortably with what a person already expects to be true, as many close observers have noted over time, a fact that shapes how it is used.