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  • Mandatory media literacy education in Illinois schools impaired by digital divides

    Aug 20, 2025 10:30 am by Sharita ForrestInsights
    Professor and head of advertising, Michelle Nelson, right, and graduate student Sakshi Bhalla. Photo by Michelle Hassel

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    • Professor and head of advertising, Michelle Nelson, right, and graduate student Sakshi Bhalla. Photo by Michelle Hassel

    Teachers and high school students live in vastly different media worlds, and that’s one of several digital divides that undermine the efficacy of state-mandated media literacy instruction in high schools, a recent study suggests.