This document outlines the topics and objectives of a media literacy education course. The course aims to help students develop critical analysis skills to identify misinformation in media across platforms and understand how media shapes attitudes. Key goals include learning how to evaluate sources and verify information online, manage media consumption, and recognize biases and framing in content. The course also examines how digital media influences society, democracy, and psychology. Students will discuss questions about social media, digital literacy, and evaluating online information.

2. What?
M E D I A

3. E X P L O R I N G M E D I A L I T E R A C Y E D U C AT I O N A S A
T O O L F O R M I T I G AT I N G T R U T H D E C AY

4. Why
T H I S C L A S S ?

5. Develop skills for critically analyzing and
evaluating media messages across platforms.
Learn how to identify misinformation and
manipulate media intended to mislead.
Understand how media shapes attitudes,
beliefs, behaviors, and policies.
Recognize underlying agendas, biases,
and framing in media content.

6. Acquire strategies for managing media
consumption and combating overexposure.
Evaluate personal media habits and develop
healthier practices.
Explore concepts of digital citizenship and
online rights and responsibilities.
Learn how to
fi
nd credible sources and
verify information online.

7. Understand the impacts of digital media on
human behavior and psychology.
Examine the role of media in activism, social
movements, and giving voice to marginalized
groups.
Learn how digital media in
fl
uences identity
formation and socialization.
Gain perspective on how technology shapes
communication and relationships.

8. Understand media's in
fl
uence on democracy,
government, and corporate power structures.
Explore media's complex connections to
culture, society, and diversity.
Acquire competencies
critical for the 21st century!

9. Where’s
T H E T E X T B O O K ?

10. Some
C O U R S E P O L I C I E S

11. L AT E W O R K P O L I C Y
A I P O L I C Y

12. PA I R U P W I T H S O M E O N E Y O U D O N ' T K N O W.
P I C K Q U E S T I O N . D I S C U S S .
W H E N T I M E I S U P, S W I T C H PA R T N E R .
I N T R O D U C E F I N A L PA R T N E R T O C L A S S . D I S C U S S
O N E T H I N G Y O U L E A R N E D .

13. Questions
A B O U T T H E C L A S S

14. Readings
F O R N E X T C L A S S

16. W H AT ' S Y O U R FAV O R I T E S O C I A L M E D I A
P L AT F O R M A N D W H Y ?
W H AT WA S Y O U R F I R S T E X P E R I E N C E W I T H T H E
I N T E R N E T ?
H O W D O Y O U T H I N K S O C I A L M E D I A H A S
I M PA C T E D Y O U R L I F E ?
W H AT A R E S O M E C H A L L E N G E S Y O U S E E W I T H
M E D I A T O D AY ?
W H AT D O E S " D I G I TA L L I T E R A C Y " M E A N T O Y O U ?
W H AT S K I L L S W I L L F U T U R E G E N E R AT I O N S N E E D
T O H AV E D I G I TA L L I T E R A C Y ?

17. I F Y O U C O U L D R E I N V E N T A S O C I A L M E D I A
A P P T O B E S A F E R A N D K I N D E R , H O W W O U L D
Y O U C H A N G E I T ?
H AV E Y O U E V E R TA K E N A B R E A K F R O M
S O C I A L M E D I A ? W H AT WA S T H AT L I K E ?
H O W D O Y O U T H I N K T E C H N O L O G Y W I L L
I M PA C T T H E F U T U R E O F J O B S A N D W O R K ?
W H AT A D V I C E W O U L D Y O U G I V E Y O U N G E R
P E O P L E A B O U T N AV I G AT I N G T H E D I G I TA L
W O R L D ?

18. H O W D O Y O U E VA L U AT E I F A N O N L I N E
S O U R C E I S R E L I A B L E / I F Y O U C A N T R U S T
I T ?
W H AT I S A N E X A M P L E O F H O W M E D I A
I N F L U E N C E D Y O U R B E L I E F S / B E H AV I O R S ?
W H AT L A W S O R P O L I C I E S R E L AT E D T O T H E
I N T E R N E T A N D M E D I A S H O U L D B E
C H A N G E D ?
H O W D O Y O U E VA L U AT E I F A N I M A G E Y O U
S E E O N L I N E H A S B E E N A LT E R E D O R F I LT E R E D ?