Teaching Truth, Lies, and Accuracy in the Digital Age: Media Literacy as Project-Based Learning. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Friesem, Yonty
• Other Names: Gutsche Robert E. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journalism & mass communication educator. Volume 74:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: media literacy -- project-based learning -- scholastic journalism -- curriculum -- pedagogy; Communication -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- Periodicals; 070.07
• DOI: 10.1177/1077695819829962
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-6958

Abstract

The post-truth era has challenged traditional ways of teaching journalism and media literacy. Media literacy education can offer a useful lens for teaching students to be more critical. This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at economics, ideology, and power relations. Applying a project-based learning model allowed students to enhance their digital and media literacy skills by inquiring about the accuracy of a variety of sources centered on a single story.