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Teaching Truth, Lies, and Accuracy in the Digital Age: Media Literacy as Project-Based Learning

Author
Yonty Friesem
Year
2019
Publisher
Sage
DOI/Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819829962
Abstract
The post-truth era has challenged traditional ways of teaching journalism and media literacy. Media literacy education can offer a useful lens for teaching students to be more critical. This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at
economics, ideology, and power relations. Applying a project-based learning model allowed students to enhance their digital and media literacy skills by inquiring about
the accuracy of a variety of sources centered on a single story.
Language
English
Keywords
Media Literacy, Curriculum Integration, Media Education
Tags
Media analysis, Digital pedagogy

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