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A presentation on Popular & Contemporary issues in (Digital) Media Literacy for EC&I 831, Feb. 10/09, by Dr. Alec Couros. More on the course at http://eci831.wikispaces.com
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Popular Issues in(Digital) Media Literacy
Dr. Alec CourosFebruary 2009
EC&I 831
Overview of Terms
Offensive Content (Bad Taste, Sexuality)
Viral Videos & Memes
Misinformation, Satire, Hoaxes, Scams & Phishing
Safety & Cyberbullying
Hate, Racism, Violence
Social Networks & Privacy
literacy -->
information literacy -->
(digital) media literacy -->
information and media literacy (IML) -->
21st Century Learners?
Offensive Content
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/searchspy
http://www.blazinggrace.org/cms/bg/pornstats
Viral Videos/Memes
http://mediagirl.org/node/1535
Misinformation, Scams, Hoaxes, Scams, Phishing
Safety & Cyberbullying
http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Star_Wars_Kid
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/technology/internet/14cyberweb.html?_r=2
Hate, Racism, Violence
Social Networks & Privacy
Further Discussion/Other Issues?- music downloading- digital plagiarism- content filtering- copyright/copyleft- breaking digital locks- website “terms of service”- social network friendships, teachers/students