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Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age

Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age

By Renee Hobbs

Winner of the AAP 2021 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences.

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 10/20/2020
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780393713503
ISBN-10: 0393713504
Language: English

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October 21, 2020

The study of propaganda provides plentiful opportunities to address values, ethics, and morality. As people activate critical thinking skills in recognizing and responding to propaganda, they increase autonomy and personal freedom. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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Propaganda is inescapable. It's everywhere. Students need to analyze, resist, critique--and create.

Media literacy educators have always insisted that we are both creators and receivers of media messages. The truth of this is even more apparent in today's digital environment, with children and adults alike participating in a ubiquitous, nonstop stream of social media. Clearly, students need the tools to interpret news and information critically--not just for school but for life in a "post-truth" world, where the lines blur between entertainment, information, and persuasion.

Renee Hobbs demonstrates how a global perspective on contemporary propaganda enables educators to stimulate both the intellectual curiosity and the cultural sensitivities of students. Replete with classroom and online learning activities and samples of student work, Mind Over Media provides a state-of-the-art look at the theory and practice of propaganda in contemporary society, and shows how to build learners' critical thinking and communication skills on topics including computational propaganda, content marketing, fake news, and disinformation.

About the Author

Renee Hobbs is an internationally-recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. She founded the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island and is Director of its Media Education Lab.

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