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

Authors :
Friesem, Yonty
Gutsche, Robert E.
Source :
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Jun2019, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p185-198. 14p.
Publication Year :
2019

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10776958
Volume :
74
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
136876433
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819829962