The technology scholar danah boyd recently gave a keynote speech at the 2018 SXSW Edu about media literacy. Her primary argument was that (in her words): “if we’re not careful, media literacy and critical thinking ...
As a Social Studies teacher, I struggled with the current political climate and the power and limits of the Internet and modern media. Students show up to class and eagerly show me the latest political ...
A new bill would require Illinois school districts to add media literacy instruction as part of their computer literacy curriculum. Reset checks in with a co-sponsor of the legislation and a media literacy expert for ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec 13, 2021) – When the Poynter Institute launched its digital media literacy initiative MediaWise in 2018, the nonpartisan nonprofit set an ambitious goal. Teach 1 million middle and high school students ...
The Instagram headline was pithy and alarming: “Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization.” And the report, from a murky source, could have had real-world consequences, coming in 2020, just as the U.S. ...
Looking at communications assistant professor Kevin John’s office, it’s clear he’s an avid consumer of media. There’s Star Wars paraphernalia all over his office, among other things. But John is not your average media consumer. ...
As governments seek to tackle a variety of problems of the digital age, media (or digital) literacy is often cited as the solution, partly because it is far less controversial than attempting to regulate the ...
Teachers have always taught students how to vet and analyze information, but helping them distinguish fact from fiction became especially challenging this past fall. As former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the election was ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Feb 23, 2022) – French citizens can learn how to protect themselves from false and misleading information on the internet thanks to a new app-based program from MediaWise, the social-first digital media ...
LPS officials on leading the way in media literacy Being able to tell what’s true — and what’s not — when you scroll through Twitter or check Facebook is perhaps more important than ever. The ...
