Focus Up: AI, Media, and the Battle for Attention

As the information ecosystem becomes more complex, blurred lines between fact and fiction pose new challenges to credibility, trust, and informed civic engagement. As part of the 11th Annual Media Literacy Week, the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and Thomson Reuters are partnering for a half-day event that will delve into the intersection of credibility and the attention economy, examining how speed, virality, and believability collide to create new vulnerabilities in how young people consume media.