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E 41- Media Literacy 102: Disinformation, propaganda, and conspiracies... oh my!

Media literacy is an essential skill in our world today and one that needs to be addressed in the English language classroom! 🎯 In this episode, Anna and Shey discuss some of the greatest challenges our students face in the digital era, including discerning the reliability of a source, noticing propaganda techniques, and contending with trolls and bots!

Further listening:

E39- Media Literacy 101: Bias and perspective-taking

Resources:

⭐ 10 Activities to Boost Media Literacy (downloadable resource) ⭐

Above the Noise, PBS

• Media & Tech Playlist

• Can You Win an Argument with a Conspiracy Theorist? (2019)

Disinformation Nation

• How Propaganda Works

News Literacy Project

Project Look Sharp

• CRAAP Test Worksheet

Fact-checking websites:

• Factcheck.org

• Politifact

• Snopes

On social media bubbles:

• TED Talk: Beware online “filter bubbles” (Eli Pariser)

• TED Talk: Free yourself from your filter bubbles (Joan Blades and John Gable)

• Article: How to confront bias without alienating people

Mentioned in the episode:

• ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Ad. 2008. 

• Moon landing conspiracy theories, debunked. Royal Museums Greenwich. 

• Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests. Who’s behind them remains a mystery. NPR, 2022.

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