Ben Sheehan’s Instagram Post Went Viral/Need For Civic Education & Media Literacy
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About Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and now the war between Israel and Hamas, people across the globe are voicing their opinions on social media. This can end in tribalism, polarization and dehumanizing narratives. Author Ben Sheehan’s viral Instagram post called for greater compassion and nuance in response, and he joins the show to discuss the dangers of propaganda on social media, in the video published on Oct 23, 2023, by Amanpour and Company, as “His Post on Israel-Hamas Propaganda Went Viral. Here’s What It Really Means| Amanpour and Company“, below:
Ben Sheehan has reminded us the importance and need for better understanding of what America means and how media may be used for propaganda. Videos below explains the importance of civic education and media literacy:
Knowing the basics of our government and of our country are essential to having an informed and effective citizenry. Shockingly few Americans know these basics. Steve Forbes on the civics education crisis in America and a simple solution we must consider to solve this problem, in the video published on Nov 10, 2020, by Forbes, as “How To Fix The Civics Education Crisis In America – Steve Forbes | What’s Ahead| Forbes“, below:
In the video published on March 13, 2019, by Albert Shanker Institute, as “Civic Education Robert Pondiscio“, below:
Over the last decades, there has been an ongoing shift in the way people access news. In this interview, Jonathan Lehne (researcher at SITE) discusses the importance of media literacy and how the rise of social media has spread the responsibilities for the production, dissemination, and fact-checking of news much more broadly, in the video published on Oct 31, 2022, by Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, as “Social Media and the Importance of Media Literacy“, below:
All media has a bias. Learn from Lisa how to determine the bias and factualness of the media you’re interacting with and figuring out where the media is originating from, in the video published on July 15, 2020, by CMAC, as “Media Literacy: Know Your Sources & Media Bias“, below:
First thing’s first: what is media literacy? In our first episode, Jay breaks this question down and explains how we’re going to use it to explore our media saturated world, in the video published on Feb 27, 2018, by CrashCourse, as “Introduction to Media Literacy: Crash Course Media Literacy #1“, below:
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