KITS Media Literacy Lens Assessment Prep

Trigger Lens

The Trigger Lens is used to see how information is designed to make people feel an emotion and have a strong reaction.

Access Lens

The Access Lens are used to find markers of credibility, such as the author, date, publication, location, time, quotes, and more. If these are missing, the information may be false or fake news.

Forensic Lens

The Forensic lens is used to view information for red flags or things that seem off. I can look at text, video, advertisements, pictures, location, and more to find if the information is true or false.

Motive Lens

The Motive Lens is used to consider the person behind the information how their motives are affecting your opinion and idea of the content that they shared.

Ways to use the Trigger Lens

• Look for strong words that create strong emotions

• Look for words in all caps or that stand out

• Look for opinion

Ways to use the Access Lens

• Look for credibility (in definition) 

Ways to use the Forensic Lens

• Look for red flags

• Look for information that seems off/irregular

• Reverse image search

Ways to use the Motive Lens

• Think about why someone would make the post/information

• Think about how posting the information would benefit them