Knowledge in media and information literacy can help people to combat inaccurate information.

According to a study conducted by Dr Theodora Dame Adjin -Tettey from Rhodes University and Dr Keith
M Johnston from the University of East Anglia, which found that fact-checking is crucial skill that
information and media consumers require to be able to identify and fight misinformation, disinformation
and even malinformation.s of misinformation

Media and information literacy generates awareness of the implications of being channels of
misinformation and enables information consumers to make informed judgements about quality
information and exercising caution about deciphering the authenticity of information before sharing