, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy
MediaWise is a partnership between Poynter, Google.org, the Stanford History Education Group, Local Media Association and others, MediaWise will feature a research-based curriculum to be taught in classrooms and a teen-led fact-checking initiative. YouTube creators like Ingrid Nilsen, the Green Brothers and Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day will help this project reach its goal […]
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In today’s fast-paced and complex information environment, news consumers must make rapid-fire judgments about how to internalize news-related statements – statements that often come in snippets and through pathways that provide little context. A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,035 U.S. adults examines a basic step in that process: whether members of the public […]
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SIMA Lesson Plans are designed to inspire global learning and civic skill-building in dynamic and interactive ways. In conjunction with SIMA Films, educators can utilize them as stand-alone workshops or incorporate them into pre-existing curricula across multiple disciplines and class formats. Link: https://simaclassroom.com/sima-lesson-plansAuthor: sima classroomSource: sima classroom
, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Youth Media
How can I integrate film into my lessons to inspire student discussions and learning on global issues? Link: https://www.participate.com/products/media-literacy-using-film-to-bring-the-world-into-your-classroom/0c608726-3dcc-47b9-a4cb-8a3da0380a82Author: SIMASource: The Center for International Education
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July 25, 2018 to July 27, 2018 Teaching Students to Question Integrating Media Literacy and Critical Thinking in Social Studies In this time when US teens consume more than 9 hours of media every day, when lies are more sticky than truth, and when biases matter more than facts, we need to embed media literacy […]
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Technology is hijacking our minds and society. Our world-class team of deeply concerned former tech insiders and CEOs intimately understands the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our minds. Since 2013, we’ve raised awareness of the problem within tech companies and for millions of people through broad media attention, […]
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Without a free press, there is no democracy. Those words have been uttered in countless variations since the adoption of the First Amendment, and while the First Amendment advocates for the right to free speech and freedom of the press, it’s the amount of information that is being shared from all parties involved that has […]
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In this issue of Connections, we interview two scholars who explain how terrorism has infiltrated the online world, how computational social science focuses on predicting future behavior in regards to terrorism, how bots undermine our trust in social media, and how media literacy can help. Link: http://www.consortiumformedialiteracy.org/images/NEWSLETTERS/bots%20terrorism%20and%20media%20literacy.pdfAuthor: ConnectionsSource: Consortium for Media Literacy
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Different types of media use exert distinctive influences over political participation of various forms. Drawing on the O-S-R-O-R (Orientation–Stimulus–Reasoning–Orientation–Response) model of political communication effects, this study proposes a theoretical model to connect traditional news media use and online alternative media use to both institutional and noninstitutional forms of political participation. The framework integrates internal efficacy […]
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This article examines the public debate over net neutrality in the United States in 2014. We compiled, mapped, and analyzed more than 15,600 stories published on net neutrality, augmented by data from Twitter, Bitly, and Google Trends. Using a mixed-methods approach that combines link analysis with qualitative content analysis, we describe the evolution of the […]