Literacy2k.org MISSION STATEMENT
Literacy2k.org exists because people and families deserve to feel safer, more aware, and more confident in the digital spaces that surround their everyday lives. It offers clear, research-informed resources that help users spot manipulation, understand how power and platforms shape what they see, and practice the skills needed for a more just, democratic society. To honor that purpose and protect users’ trust, Literacy2k.org is fully ad-free that does not collect user data.
Click Bait
Learn how to spot three prominent types of click bait: Information Bait, Rage Bait, Engagement Bait
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FaMILy Matters: Raising a Media-Literate Family in the Age of Algorithms
If you have made it through this series, you now know how clickbait is engineered to hijack your emotions, how bots manufacture the illusion of public opinion, how lateral reading can expose…
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The Digital Native Myth: Why Our Kids Are More Vulnerable Than We Think
Most of us have a mental image of the teenager who barely glances up from their phone, effortlessly navigating five apps at once while carrying on a conversation. We tend to assume…
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Who Controls What You See? Social Media and the Power Behind It
In our previous article “Lateral Reading: The Fact-Checker’s Secret Anyone Can Learn“, we explored lateral reading as a tool for evaluating what is in front of you online. But here is a…
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Lateral Reading: The Fact-Checker’s Secret Anyone Can Learn
In my previous article “Online Bots: When Accounts Aren’t Who They Seem,” we talked about bots and how manufactured voices can flood the internet with misleading content. But what happens when you…
Our Mission / About Us
Literacy2k started as a master’s project Brian Maxwell completed for the School of Journalism and Strategic Media at Middle Tennessee State University, but it quickly became something much bigger.
What began as an academic endeavor grew into a lifelong passion for media literacy education, and Brian has committed to keeping that mission alive through this website.
faMILy Matters
Research on media socialization, the process by which people develop their values, beliefs, and behaviors around media use, consistently identifies parents and guardians as the most influential forces in shaping how young people engage with digital content.
Are you prepared to raise a media-literate family in the age of the algorithms?
Literacy2k Podcast
Literacy2k meets you where you already are. The topics written about in our articles can be conveniently downloaded as podcasts. Episodes have a short runtime, usually about 15 minutes. Special podcast episodes like The Literacy Roadmap for Surviving and Thriving Online have a longer runtime, usually about 60 minutes.
Episodes can be directly downloaded from Literacy2k.org or your preferred podcast distribution application.