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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

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Teaching Resources

Propaganda Education for a Digital Age: Book and Online Learning

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

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

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

Finally, a media literacy textbook written by Renee Hobbs!

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

After almost 30 years, it's a classic resource for K-12 teachers from the Media Education Lab!

Research and Scholarship

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