Media Literacy

We’ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it’s clear that change isn’t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy? How can we make the skills we’ve discussed over this course transferable to future media & technology? *** Resources: On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/media/youtube-kids-paw-patrol.html?_r=0 Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/10/cathy_oneil_on_1.html What happens to your brain when you get a like on Instagram http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3 Eli Pariser: “Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following

We’ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it’s clear that change isn’t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy? How can we make the skills we’ve discussed over this course transferable to future media & technology? *** Resources: On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/media/youtube-kids-paw-patrol.html?_r=0 Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/10/cathy_oneil_on_1.html What happens to your brain when you get a like on Instagram http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3 Eli Pariser: “Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following

We’ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it’s clear that change isn’t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy? How can we make the skills we’ve discussed over this course transferable to future media & technology? *** Resources: On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/media/youtube-kids-paw-patrol.html?_r=0 Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/10/cathy_oneil_on_1.html What happens to your brain when you get a like on Instagram http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3 Eli Pariser: “Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following

We’ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it’s clear that change isn’t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy? How can we make the skills we’ve discussed over this course transferable to future media & technology? *** Resources: On YouTube Kids, Startling Videos Slip Past Filters https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/media/youtube-kids-paw-patrol.html?_r=0 Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/10/cathy_oneil_on_1.html What happens to your brain when you get a like on Instagram http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3 Eli Pariser: “Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it. *** Resources: NAMLE on Media Literacy https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/ Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/ The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/ McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-community-centers-us-physical-social-networks Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the ‘‘Net Generation’’* http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7343&rep=rep1&type=pdf Stanford researchers find students have

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it. *** Resources: NAMLE on Media Literacy https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/ Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/ The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/ McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-community-centers-us-physical-social-networks Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the ‘‘Net Generation’’* http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7343&rep=rep1&type=pdf Stanford researchers find students have

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it. *** Resources: NAMLE on Media Literacy https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/ Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/ The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/ McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-community-centers-us-physical-social-networks Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the ‘‘Net Generation’’* http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7343&rep=rep1&type=pdf Stanford researchers find students have

Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it’s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it. *** Resources: NAMLE on Media Literacy https://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/ Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/ The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/the-numbers-behind-the-broadband-homework-gap/ McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-community-centers-us-physical-social-networks Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the ‘‘Net Generation’’* http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7343&rep=rep1&type=pdf Stanford researchers find students have

Propaganda! Misinformation! Disinformation! Today we’re talking about the dark – or, shall we say, darkER – side of media. Understanding these media bogeymen is essential to being a more media literate citizen. *** Resources: The Persistent Mystery: How Many Died in 1989? https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/04/world/the-persistent-mystery-how-many-died-in-1989.html The Media Was Always Bad at Reporting Breaking News, a Brief History https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/media-was-always-bad-reporting-breaking-news-brief-history/311037/ How To Handle Rumors: http://egap.org/content/brief-31-how-handle-rumors The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/ We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online

Propaganda! Misinformation! Disinformation! Today we’re talking about the dark – or, shall we say, darkER – side of media. Understanding these media bogeymen is essential to being a more media literate citizen. *** Resources: The Persistent Mystery: How Many Died in 1989? https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/04/world/the-persistent-mystery-how-many-died-in-1989.html The Media Was Always Bad at Reporting Breaking News, a Brief History https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/09/media-was-always-bad-reporting-breaking-news-brief-history/311037/ How To Handle Rumors: http://egap.org/content/brief-31-how-handle-rumors The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/ We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online