media literacy 2009

Popular Issues in(Digital) Media Literacy

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Overview of Terms

Offensive Content (Bad Taste, Sexuality)

Viral Videos & Memes

Misinformation, Satire, Hoaxes, Scams & Phishing

Safety & Cyberbullying

Hate, Racism, Violence

Social Networks & Privacy


literacy -->

information literacy -->

(digital) media literacy -->

information and media literacy (IML) -->


21st Century Learners?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NzQqPH3JRw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NzQqPH3JRw

Offensive Content


http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/searchspy




http://www.blazinggrace.org/cms/bg/pornstatsTuesday, July 14, 2009



Viral Videos/Memes


http://mediagirl.org/node/1535




Misinformation, Scams, Hoaxes, Scams, Phishing


Safety & Cyberbullying


http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Star_Wars_Kid




http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/technology/internet/14cyberweb.html?_r=2




Hate, Racism, Violence


Social Networks & Privacy


Further Discussion/Other Issues?- music downloading- digital plagiarism- content filtering- copyright/copyleft- breaking digital locks- website “terms of service”- social network friendships, teachers/students- social media & politics- technology & social justice


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media literacy 2009

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