Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech identifies the technologies, conditions, and tactics that enable today’s digital advertising infrastructure to be weaponized by political and anti-democratic actors. Authors Anthony Nadler, Matthew Crain, and Joan Donovan (Media Manipulation Research Lead, Data & Society) define the “Digital Influence Machine,” or DIM, as […]
Opportunities for Media and Information Literacy in the Middle East and North Africa
The volume sheds light on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and intends to ‘inspire and become a resource for educators’ in that region who are ‘looking for opportunities to bring to their classrooms elements of MIL education’, as well as to ‘facilitate the development of better understanding among individuals from different religious […]
Information Literacy Concepts
What is information literacy and what does it mean to be information literate? The American Library Association defines information literacy as a set of abilities empowering individuals to recognize when information is needed and to be able to locate it, evaluate it, and use it effectively. While information literacy is often talked about on college […]
Journal Media Literacy Education (issue 2, 2018)
Articles: Media Literacy, Democracy, and the Challenge of Fake News Lance E. Mason, Dan Krutka, and Jeremy Stoddard Research Articles Media Literacy and Climate Change in a Post-Truth Society James S. Damico, Mark Baildon, and Alexandra Panos Civic Media Literacy in a Transmedia World: Balancing Personal Experience, Factual Accuracy and Emotional Appeal as Media Consumers […]
Online Safety for Children and Teens
As a parent, pondering the day when your child will first begin using the internet can be an ominous and stressful thing to consider. The internet is one of the few remaining spaces where people from around the world can easily engage with each other and create new content without large amounts of regulation. Browsing […]
Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech
Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech identifies the technologies, conditions, and tactics that enable today’s digital advertising infrastructure to be weaponized by political and anti-democratic actors. Authors Anthony Nadler, Matthew Crain, and Joan Donovan (Media Manipulation Research Lead, Data & Society) define the “Digital Influence Machine,” or DIM, as […]
Media Literacy Education at the University Level
In recent years, the media literacy education movement has developed to help individuals of all ages acquire the competencies necessary to fully participate in the modern world of media convergence. Yet media literacy education is not practiced uniformly at all educational levels. This study used a survey to compare the extent to which students are […]
Self Representation and Media Literacy
In this issue, CONNECT!ONS explore new notions of identity from a sociological and psychiatric perspective. How we represent ourselves –to ourselves and to others – is essential to our humanity. By better understanding the impact of our mediated selves on our interactions and our self-image, we see how media influences the essence of our being […]
Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences (2018)
Social media platforms are central to every aspect of teens’ lives, from how they stay in touch with friends to how they engage with politics. And constantly refreshing their social feeds can feel simultaneously positive and negative: Teens say social media strengthens their relationships but also distracts them from in-person connection. Social Media, Social Life: […]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Media Literacy Education for All Ages
Guest Editors Päivi Rasi, Heli Ruokamo, and Hanna Vuojärvi Faculty of Education, Centre for Media Pedagogy, University of Lapland, Finland Proposals are invited for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Media Literacy Education on the theme of Media Literacy Education for All Ages. The call is open for the international Media Education […]