Rethinking Media Literacy 2025

Images: Getty Images Contents Foreword 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 1 State of media and information literacy 7 2 Building a comprehensive model to strengthen information integrity 13 3 A socio-ecological model to tackle disinformation 15 4 The disinformation life cycle 17 5 A socio-ecological model 23 6 Mapping MIL interventions 26 7 Action points 35 Conclusion 39 Contributors 40 Endnotes 42 Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its Members, Partners or other stakeholders. © 2025 World Economic Forum. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system. Rethinking Media Literacy: A New Ecosystem Model for Information Integrity 2