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Literacy has always been an important milestone for a child to reach. Learning to read and comprehend text is the educational backbone that all students need. In today's visual and textual world, students must be literate in both to navigate and contribute to society. Text on pictures has been around for centuries. Infographics are everywhere (social media, news, etc), helping to disseminate information to the masses. There is a need for students (and really, everyone) to have infographic literacy.  The infographic below is a fun way to display information about infographics.  (Cash, n.d.) An infographic is a way to visualize a set of data. Infographics go back to cave drawings and have been a way to show information for thousands of years (Nivethika 2022).  Everyone sees them on the news to discuss climate change or political polls. People see them on social media when someone wants to share information about something that might not be commonly discussed (i.e., a d...

      If you are online or have been online for the past five to seven years, you have read a clickbait article or link. You probably have even clicked on the link. "You'll never believe what happens next..." "10 Things You Didn't Know About..." These are examples of clickbait article titles that you might see on different social media platforms. Clickbait is used for a variety of reasons, but some are nefarious. Businesses or news platforms use clickbait so that people can click the link to bring traffic to their site. Other times, it can lead to a scam. Many people know they should be cautious when clicking these links, but do anyway for a variety of reasons.     The Veritasium video below makes the point that most people hate clickbait, yet it is everywhere. And on top of that, no one truly agrees on the definition of clickbait.