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Advertising Literacy

Propaganda comes in many forms: advertising, public relations, journalism, political communication, activism, entertainment and even education.  Disinformation, fake news, memes and computatonal propaganda are changing how public opinion is manipulated today. But commercial propaganda is a profoundly significant way of socializing people as consumers. Being able to recognize, understand, resist, deconstruct and even create propaganda is a key part of becoming media literate in a digital age. 

Events

Courageous RI Professional Development Program

Introducing the Media Dictionary

Remembering the Legacy of Violent Extremism

Teaching Resources

Courageous Conversations Curriculum

Bring media literacy and active listening to middle school, high school, college and adult learners

Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda

Propaganda Education for a Digital Age: Book and Online Learning

Grandparents of Media Literacy

Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from exploring the multidisciplinary history of media literacy

Media Literacy Smartphone

Help students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to.

Digital and Media Literacy: A Process of Learning

Hobbs' theoretical model of digital and media literacy reveals it to be a lifelong learning process

Media Literacy Textbook

Finally, a media literacy textbook written by Renee Hobbs!

Create to Learn Online

Now it's easier than ever to engage students and support learning through creating videos, animations, infographics and more 

Research and Scholarship

  • Hobbs, R. ..(1993,November).Channel One: Schulfernseshen zwischen innovation und kommerz (The Promise and Peril of Channel One) Bertelsmann Briefe,.
  • Hobbs, R. ..(1992,).Teaching the Media Journal of Communication,p. 180-184.
  • Hobbs, R...(1991,February). Notes of a No TV survivor Boston Globe,Feb 18: C1.
  • Hobbs, R., Stauffer, J., Frost, R. & Davis, A...(1988,January).How First Time Viewers Comprehend Editing Journal of Communication,50-60.
  • Hobbs, R...(1988,January). Stop(ping) the Presses! Christian Science Monitor,.
  • Hobbs, R. ..(1988,).Review of "The Media Lab" by S. Brand Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media,119-121.
  • Hobbs, R. ..(1988,).Liberal bias? Review of "The Media Elite," by S. R. Lichter, S. Rothman and L. Lichter Journal of Communication,p. 154-157.
  • Hobbs, R. ..(1987,).Review of "The Cult of Information" by Theodore Roszak Journal of Communication ,159-161.

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