This guide provides some references of Media and Information Literacy strategies to combat Bullying. A Guide to Workplace Bullying which provides very helpful advice and information for people who may have experienced or continue to experience bullying or discrimination at work. Discover what steps both employees and employers can take to overcome and stamp out […]
Fake News LibGuide
This website collates resources and curriculum to help students 12 years old and up to identify and deal with fake news, as well as become news literate. Link: http://tinyurl.com/FakeNewsLibGuideAuthor: Lesley FarmerSource: California State University Long Beach
Selective Exposure to Misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
Though some warnings about online “echo chambers” have been hyperbolic, tendencies toward selective exposure to politically congenial content are likely to extend to misinformation and to be exacerbated by social media platforms. We test this prediction using data on the factually dubious articles known as “fake news.” Using unique data combining survey responses with individual-level […]
Internet: Indispensable or Evil?
In these four lessons, students use the episode Adam Ruins the Internet (Season 2, Episode 12) as a starting point to discuss the role of the Internet in modern culture and learn about media policies that shape people’s online experiences. Students also consider their own role as active participants in navigating life online, considering two […]
Peacebuilding in the Age of New Media
Media and Communication is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields. It aims at providing a research forum on the social and cultural relevance of media and communication processes. Media and Communication is concerned with the social development and contemporary transformation […]
The Future of Coding in Schools
Interview with Mitch Resnick. For more than three decades, Mitch Resnick has immersed himself in educational technology and innovative learning models. Now a professor at the MIT Media Lab, and a co-creator of the popular Scratch programming language, Resnick remains a tireless advocate for student-centered education, collaborative learning environments, and the idea that coding is […]
THE FUTURE OF U.S. PUBLIC MEDIA IN THE DIGITAL AGE THE FOCUS OF NEW REPORT SERIES
Fifty years ago, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Its charge was to conceive, develop and expand noncommercial broadcasting and it led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. This anniversary is a fine moment to recall and commemorate values imbued […]
Securing the Future of Our Democracy: Preparing Students for Civic Participation
The 2016 USA presidential election campaign underscored some very worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate; the dismissal of people with opposing views; the failure of many voters (and, quite often, the candidates) to focus on substantive policy issues; and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided […]
The trouble with fighting fakes with facts
In theory, it is the perfect solution. If platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter have allowed disinformation to flood our screens and alter our minds, make them mop up the mess with their own clever IT. Add to this an army of truth-seeking fact-checkers from renowned news organisations to straighten the record – no, […]
Can we still teach about media bias in the post-truth age?
In the wake of the Brexit referendum campaign, the victory of Donald Trump, and the attacks on the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, many have argued that we are entering a ‘post-truth’ era. In this context, is bias still a useful and meaningful concept in media literacy education? And if so, how should we teach […]
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