“A most mischievous word”: Neil Postman’s approach to propaganda education
Renee Hobbs2021April.
Misinformation Review
All education springs from some image of the future.
Research and Scholarship
New Works
Transgression as Creative Freedom and Creative Control in the Media Production Classroom
Renee Hobbs2019
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
The Use of Social Media and Popular Culture to Advance Cross-Cultural Understanding
Tuzel, S. & Hobbs, R2017
Communicar
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
Renee Hobbs & Julie Coiro2016May.
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Lessons in copyright activism: K-12 education and the DMCA 1201 exemption rulemaking process.
Renee Hobbs2016March.
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education
Teaching About Propaganda: An Examination of the Historical Roots of Media Literacy
Renee Hobbs & Sandra McGee 2014December.
Journal of Media Literacy Education
The past, present and future of media literacy education
Renee Hobbs & Amy Petersen Jensen2009
Journal of Media Literacy Education
The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement
Hobbs, R.1998January.
Journal of Communication
The Creativity of Imitation in Remake Videos
Renee Hobbs & Yonty Friesem2019
E-Learning and Digital Media
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
Renee Hobbs and Lourdes Smith2018
Primer: Massachusetts Reading Association
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.
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Teaching Truth, Lies, and Accuracy in the Digital Age
Yonty Friesem2019,Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
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,
Renee Hobbs, Christian Seyferth-Zapf & Silke Grafe 2018,Journal of Media Literacy Education
How Media Literacy Supports Civic Engagement in a Digital Age
Hans Martens & Renee Hobbs2015,Atlantic Journal of Communication120 - 137.
Research with a sample of 400 American high school students explores the relationship between participation in a media literacy program, academic ability, frequency of Internet use, information-gathering motives, news and advertising analysis skills, and the intention toward civic engagement.
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The Blurring of Art, Journalism and Advocacy
Renee Hobbs2013,I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society
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Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization: Expanding Literacy Research and Practice
Hobbs, R. 2020,February.Reading Research Quarterly
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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Elizaveta Friesem2018,Media Education Studies and Research
Civic media as a cultural dialogue: Arab and Jewish teachers & documentary filmmaking in Israel
Evanna Ratner & Yonty Friesem2018,Journal of Media Literacy
Design Features of a Professional Development Program in Digital Literacy
Renee Hobbs and Julie Coiro 2018,Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
To advance the digital literacy competencies of educators, create opportunities for them to reflect on their motivations for using digital media, make collaborative inquiry a substantive component of the hands- on learning experience, and create opportunities to put teachers and learners (not mac
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Renee Hobbs & Sait Tuzel2017,January.British Journal of Educational Technology7 - 22.