critical thinking

Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the capacity to analyze facts, formulate and organize ideas, stand up for and defend opinions, compare and contrast items, draw conclusions, validate or invalidate arguments, and problem-solve. Critical thinking is based on assumption, an assumption that there is logic involved in problem-solving and it can be

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Media literacy is about comprehending, appreciating, and withstanding the environmental power of media.

8.3. Media literacy is the skill and discipline of switching between media and, ultimately, of willingly turning off any medium, no matter how emotionally attractive and sensory pleasing this medium may be.

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3 Three lenses with which to explore linguistic creativity

This section introduces the three ‘lenses’ referred to in Section 1 as ways of exploring different dimensions of linguistic creativity in all types of text.

As mentioned above, traditionally, linguistic creativity was associated with canonical literature, where it was assumed that literary... See more

For all its good intentions, art that tries to minister to its audience by showcasing moral aspirants and paragons or the abject victims of political oppression produces smug, tiresome works that are failures both as art and as agitprop. Artists and critics—their laurel bearers—should take heed.