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Title Critical media literacy and fake news in post-truth America / edited by C.Z. Goering and P.L. Thomas
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Critical media literacies series ; volume 2
Contents An introduction: can critical media literacy save us? / Christian Z. Goering and P. l. Thomas -- An educator's primer: fake news, post-truth, and a critical free press / P. l. Thomas -- Reconsidering evidence in real world arguments / Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner -- What is the story? reading the web as narrative / Sharon A. Murchie and Janet A. Neyer -- Fighting "fake news" in an age of digital disorientation: towards "Real news," critical media literacy education, and independent journalism for 21st century citizens / Rob Williams -- Educating the myth-led: critical literacy pedagogy in a post-truth world / Robert Williams and Daniel Woods -- Teaching critical media literacy as a social process in writing intensive classrooms / Joanne Addison -- Before you click "share": mindful media literacy as a positive civic act / Jason l. Endacott, Matthew l. Dingler, Seth D. French and John P. Broome -- Engaging the storied mind: teaching critical media literacy through narrative / Erin O'Neill Armendarez -- Supporting media-savvy youth-activists: the case of Marcus Yallow / Mark A. Lewis -- Creating wobble in a world of spin: positioning students to challenge media poses / Sarah Bonner, Robyn Seglem and Antero Garcia
Summary This edited collection is not a response to the 2016 United States Presidential Election so much as it is a response to the issues highlighted through that single event and since when incredibly smart, sophisticated, and intelligent members of our society were confused by misinformation campaigns. While media literacy and critical media literacy are ideas with long histories in formal education, including K-12 students and higher education, the need for increased attention to these issues has never reached a flash point like the present. The essays collected here are confrontations of post-truth, fake news, mainstream media, and traditional approaches to formal schooling. But there are no simple answers or quick fixes. Critical media literacy, we argue here, may well be the only thing between a free people and their freedom
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Subject Media literacy -- United States
Fake news -- United States
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
Fake news
Media literacy
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Goering, Christian Z., editor
Thomas, P. L. (Paul Lee), 1961- editor.
LC no. 2018000749
ISBN 9004365362
9789004365360