This module will explore misrepresentation in constructed media to prepare individuals to be effective consumers and producers of information in a wide range of formats and settings. Information takes many forms, including text, image, and sound combined through multimedia and circulates instantaneously through a social network. The synergy of word and image is an especially dynamic combination that is powerful artistically and as a form of communication, but has also been used to misrepresent the facts. In a post-truth world, there has been an intentional misuse of images to communicate inaccurate or false narratives. The emergence of “fake news,” for example, intentionally juxtaposed words and images to convey misleading or downright false information. In this networked world of social media and mass communications, there has also been a change in how we understand established editorial filters associated with professional news gathering and publication. Social technologies have empowered individuals to document alternative perspectives once hidden. This has been an empowering development that effectively leveraged our connected world to challenge traditional hierarchies and assumptions, and often revealed injustices or brought new voices to the fore. At the same time, we have seen the advance of a post-truth world based on the proliferation of false and misleading information that has been created and shared through media without the benefit of proper vetting by experts. As part of this exploration, we will examine a number of related questions: If everyone is now making and sharing content, who plays the role of editor to disseminate truthful information? How do we prepare social media participants to discern what is contextually accurate? What is the role of the consumer in a mass-media environment?