Critical media literacy and fake news in post-truth America

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    • Goering, Christian Z.
    • Thomas, P. L. (Paul Lee)

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Critical media literacy and fake news in post-truth America

edited by Christian Z. Goering and Paul L. Thomas

(Critical media literacies series, v. 2)

Brill Sense, c2018

  • : pbk

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Winner! 2019 Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies Research! 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. See inside the book.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii William M. Reynolds 1. An Introduction: Can Critical Media Literacy Save Us? 1 Christian Z. Goering and P. L. Thomas 2. An Educator's Primer: Fake News, Post-Truth, and a Critical Free Press 7 P. L. Thomas 3. Reconsidering Evidence in Real World Arguments 25 Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner 4. What Is the Story? Reading the Web as Narrative 39 Sharon A. Murchie and Janet A. Neyer 5. Fighting "Fake News" in an Age of Digital Disorientation: Towards "Real News," Critical Media Literacy Education, and Independent Journalism for 21st Century Citizens 53 Rob Williams 6. Educating the Myth-Led: Critical Literacy Pedagogy in a Post-Truth World 67 Robert Williams and Daniel Woods 7. Teaching Critical Media Literacy as a Social Process in Writing Intensive Classrooms 85 Joanne Addison 8. Before You Click "Share": Mindful Media Literacy as a Positive Civic Act 99 Jason L. Endacott, Matthew L. Dingler, Seth D. French and John P. Broome 9. Engaging the Storied Mind: Teaching Critical Media Literacy through Narrative 115 Erin O'Neill Armendarez 10. Supporting Media-Savvy Youth-Activists: The Case of Marcus Yallow 127 Mark A. Lewis 11. Creating Wobble in a World of Spin: Positioning Students to Challenge Media Poses 141 Sarah Bonner, Robyn Seglem and Antero Garcia Author Biographies 155

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