It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
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The Use of Social Media and Popular Culture to Advance Cross-Cultural Understanding
his paper offers a case study of a collaboration between teachers in the US and Turkey, where 7 th grade students interacted with each other via online social media as a means to promote cultural understanding.

Everyone Learns From Everyone: Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Professional Development in Digital Literacy

Lessons in copyright activism: K-12 education and the DMCA 1201 exemption rulemaking process.


Teaching About Propaganda: An Examination of the Historical Roots of Media Literacy


The past, present and future of media literacy education

The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement
The Creativity of Imitation in Remake Videos
The production of remake videos may enhance media literacy competencies by offering a means for young media makers to develop creative skills through strategic imitation.
Digital Authorship: Issues and Implications for Educators
In this essay, the term digital authorship in examined in relation to literacy learning. We reflect on two critical issues that are sometimes overlooked features of digital literacy in relation to the pedagogical practices of digital authorship.
When teens create the news: Examining the impact of PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs
Field-Based Teacher Education in Elementary Media Literacy as a Means to Promote Global Understanding
Does Media Literacy Work? An Empirical Study of Learning How to Analyze Advertisements
Research shows how high school students strengthen literacy competencies by critically reading print ads
A Review of School-based Initiatives in Media Literacy
K-12 classroom or when they involve students in creating media productions using video
cameras or computers, they may aim to motivate students’interest in the subject, build communication
The media production hive: Using media education for differentiated instruction.
Experience, immersion and critical distance in VR/AR in education
Personal inquiry and online research: Connecting learners in ways that matter.
School librarians as stakeholders in the children and media community: A dialogue
An online inquiry tool to support the exploration of controversial issues on the Internet
The Curriculum Materials Library as a Hub of Resources, Literacy Practices, and Collaboration: Expanding the Role of the Library
Pedagogical Media Competencies of Preservice Teachers in Germany and the United States: Comparative Analysis of Theory/Practice
Cineykyd: Exploring the Origins of Youth Production
Seeing, Believing and Learning to be Skeptical: Supporting Language Learning Through Advertising Analysis Activities
Learning to engage: how positive attitudes about the news, media literacy, and video production contribute t
Improvization and Strategic Risk Taking in Informal Learning with Digital Media Literacy
First Star URI RAM Academy
Media literacy and media bias: Are media literacy students less susceptible to non-verbal judgment biases?
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Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age
Propaganda is inescapable. It’s everywhere. Students need to analyze, resist, critique―and create.
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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.
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Using Virtual Exchange to Advance Media Literacy Competencies through Analysis of Contemporary Propaganda,

Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens
This paper reviews the various methodological approaches used to measure the digital and media literacy competencies of learners.
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Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization: Expanding Literacy Research and Practice
This commentary considers the rise of algorithmic personalization and the power of propaganda as it is shifting our understanding of the landscape of 21st-century literacy research and practice.
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Media Literacy Foundations
The concept of media literacy has been circulating in the United States and Europe since the beginning of the 20th century; but it continues to morph and change as a result of changes in education, technology, media, popular culture, and society.
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