Using Virtual Exchange to Advance Media Literacy Competencies through Analysis of Contemporary Propaganda

Autor/inn/en	Hobbs, Renee; Seyferth-Zapf, Christian; Grafe, Silke
Titel	Using Virtual Exchange to Advance Media Literacy Competencies through Analysis of Contemporary Propaganda
Quelle	In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 10 (2018) 2, S.152-168 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2167-8715
Schlagwörter	Media Literacy; Propaganda; Intercultural Communication; Teaching Methods; Cultural Context; Lesson Plans; Computer Simulation; Cultural Awareness; News Reporting; Deception; Undergraduate Students; Political Attitudes; Citizen Participation; Asynchronous Communication; Video Technology; Communications; Education Majors; International Cooperation; Presidents; Comparative Analysis; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; News report; Reportage; Täuschung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Nachrichtenwesen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; President; Präsident
Abstract	With the rise of so-called fake news as a global phenomenon, interest in propaganda analysis has advanced along with the recognition of the fundamentally social process of interpretation. In this essay, we explore the use of cross-national dialogue among German and American undergraduate students who are seeking to better understand how media messages are interpreted and how they inform and guide the civic actions of citizens. We describe and analyze five lessons that used a virtual exchange comprised of a variety of digital media platforms, texts, and technologies to support the cross-national study of contemporary propaganda. We observed that cross-national dialogue enables students to gain sensitivity to the role of cultural context in interpreting propaganda. Rather than conceptualize propaganda education as an ideologically benign set of context-free skills, pedagogies that include opportunities for cross-national dialogue foreground the importance of cultural specificity as a means to unpack the complex discursive context of propaganda as digital political communication. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01