Professor Renee Hobbs explores how disparities in access to information contribute to misunderstandings and explains how analyzing media helps make our interpretation processes transparent. She shows how creating media helps people share in the social power of representing ideas and identity and notes that such competencies are essential for advancing the social responsibilities of media consumers and creators.
1. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
University of Rhode Island USA
Twitter: @reneehobbs
POWER ON!
Digital Media & Information Literacy in the
Context of Work, Life and Citizenship
DW AKADEMIE
Bonn, Germany
January 30, 2018
4. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misunderstanding
Analyzing media helps make our
interpretation processes transparent
Creating media helps people share in the
social power of representing ideas &
identity
Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community
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6. Learning about the Holocaust
SOURCE: UNESCO (2015). International Status of Education about the Holocaust.
12. Propaganda evokes strong emotions, simplifies information, appeals to audience
needs & values, and attacks opponents
13. Propaganda can be
Beneficial or Harmful
Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of
a population toward some cause or position
CONTEXT
22. …the individual reaches a point of
view hyper-focused on certain
interpretations of existing
problems and bereft of the
capacity to imagine alternative
solutions beyond those provided
by an exclusionary narrative.
-Daniel Koehler, 2015
The Dangers of
Polarization &
Extremism
24. Time to Share Your Experience
1. Go to Slido.com
2. Join with event code #2293
3. Answer the question
25. What are the Media & Information Literacy
Competencies Needed Today & in the Future?
26. New Forms of Authority are Emerging
Attention economics is surpassing traditional forms of authority and expertise
our attention — and
most of it free —
being found is
valuable."
Immediacy
Personalization
Findability
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31. the development of free and transparent media,
quality journalism, and programs that boost
media skills is more important than ever before
32. the development of free and transparent media,
quality journalism, and programs that boost
media skills is more important than ever before
Creating a public sphere
Supporting participation and
inclusion
Providing access to information
Holding those in power to
account
35. aware of media environment
choose media messages wisely
aware of own personal biases
actively comprehend & interpret
messages
analyze point of view, message
purpose & source bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?
36. aware of media environment
choose media messages wisely
aware of own personal biases
actively comprehend & interpret
messages
analyze point of view, message
purpose & source bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?
42. for many people, entertainment & advertising
offer ideological world views that are more
compelling than news and information
43. aware of media environment
choosing media messages with
sensitivity to potential risks/harms
aware of personal bias
comprehend messages
analyze message point of view,
purpose & bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?
44. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misinterpretation
Analyzing media messages helps make
our interpretation processes transparent
45. Time to Share Your Experience
1. Go to Slido.com
2. Join with event code #2293
3. Answer the question
54. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
People have a love-hate relationship with
media, technology and popular culture
55. Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community
56. Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community
57. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misunderstanding
Analyzing media helps make our
interpretation processes transparent
Creating media helps people share in the
social power of representing ideas &
identity
Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community
59. We gain these competencies through relationships
and in communities through
dialogue, discussion & creative media-making
60. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
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Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com