Srinagar, April 18 -- To promote responsible media engagement among students, the Media Education Research Centre (MERC), University of Kashmir (KU), conducted a four-day workshop on Media and Information Literacy. Organised under the FactShala University Network Programme, an initiative by DataLEADS with support from the Google News Initiative, the workshop aimed to build students' capacity to navigate the evolving media landscape and combat misinformation. The sessions, led by Dr. Afsana Rashid, Assistant Professor, MERC KU and certified FactShala Trainer, covered themes such as media bias, misinformation ecosystems, deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and critical thinking. Students and scholars from the Department of Library and Infor...