媒介素养 Media Literacy — HSK 6 Reading

在zài信息xìnxī爆炸bàozhà的de时代shídài,人人rénrén都dōu是shì信息xìnxī的de接收者jiēshōuzhě,同时tóngshí也yě是shì传播者chuánbōzhě。

In the era of information explosion, everyone is a receiver of information and, at the same time, a disseminator.

社交媒体shèjiāo méitǐ带来dàilái了le前所未有qián suǒ wèi yǒu的de便利biànlì,也yě让ràng谣言yáoyán插上chāshàng了le翅膀chìbǎng。

Social media has brought unprecedented convenience, but it has also given rumors wings.

一条yì tiáo耸人听闻sǒng rén tīng wén的de假jiǎ新闻xīnwén,往往wǎngwǎng比bǐ严谨yánjǐn的de辟谣pìyáo传播chuánbō得de更快gèng kuài、更广gèng guǎng。

A sensational piece of fake news often spreads faster and wider than a rigorous refutation.

算法suànfǎ根据gēnjù用户yònghù的de喜好xǐhào推送tuīsòng内容nèiróng,使shǐ人们rénmen不知不觉bù zhī bù jué陷入xiànrù“信息茧房xìnxī jiǎnfáng”。

Algorithms push content based on users' preferences, causing people to sink unknowingly into an 'information cocoon.'

久而久之jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī,人们rénmen只zhǐ听得进tīng de jìn与yǔ自己zìjǐ立场lìchǎng一致yízhì的de声音shēngyīn,社会shèhuì共识gòngshí愈发yùfā难以nányǐ形成xíngchéng。

Over time, people can only take in voices that match their own position, and social consensus becomes ever harder to form.

因此yīncǐ,媒介素养méijiè sùyǎng已经yǐjīng成为chéngwéi现代xiàndài公民gōngmín必备bìbèi的de基本jīběn能力nénglì。

Media literacy has therefore become an essential basic ability for modern citizens.

它tā要求yāoqiú我们wǒmen核实héshí来源láiyuán、辨别biànbié真伪zhēnwěi,而ér不是bú shì盲目mángmù转发zhuǎnfā。

It requires us to verify sources and distinguish truth from falsehood, rather than repost blindly.

面对miànduì屏幕píngmù上shàng铺天盖地pū tiān gài dì的de信息xìnxī,你nǐ是否shìfǒu想过xiǎngguo:是shì我们wǒmen在zài使用shǐyòng媒介méijiè,还是háishi媒介méijiè在zài塑造sùzào我们wǒmen?

Facing the flood of information on our screens, have you ever wondered: are we using the media, or is the media shaping us?

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Key words 生词

媒介素养méijiè sùyǎngmedia literacy

谣言yáoyánrumor

辟谣pìyáoto refute a rumor

信息茧房xìnxī jiǎnfánginformation cocoon

核实héshíto verify

铺天盖地pū tiān gài dìoverwhelming; blotting out sky and earth

使 + sb + verb

'to cause/make somebody do something' — a formal causative common in written argumentation.

使人们不知不觉陷入“信息茧房”。

愈发

'increasingly; all the more' — a written synonym of 越来越.

社会共识愈发难以形成。

是……,还是……?

'is it A, or is it B?' — an alternative question, here used rhetorically to close the essay.

是我们在使用媒介,还是媒介在塑造我们?

1. 耸人听闻的假新闻往往比什么传播得更快、更广?

2. 算法根据什么推送内容?

3. 媒介素养要求我们做什么?