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> this seems more about instilling bias under the name "news literacy". Media literacy classes have already been shown to turn some percentage of kids into naz
by Alex3917 5y ago
> this seems more about instilling bias under the name "news literacy".
Media literacy classes have already been shown to turn some percentage of kids into nazis no matter how you teach them, so any particular bias that might be getting instilled probably doesn’t matter too much.
If you tell kids to “Go on YouTube and do your own research about the Jews,” then whatever the teacher thinks stops being relevant after about 30 seconds.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I7FVyQCjNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I7FVyQCjNg
- Ragnarork 5y ago> Media literacy classes have already been shown to turn some percentage of kids into nazis Quite a claim. Where has this been shown?
- wolverine876 5y ago> If you tell kids to “Go on YouTube and do your own research ..." That's not what is being taught, according to the article.
- Alex3917 5y agoOf course it is. The entire premise of "media literacy" is that what the mainstream media is telling you might not be true, so you should do your own research. Which of course is accurate, but at the same time a lot of people would be better off just blindly trusting the media.
- wolverine876 5y agoThe article says otherwise. Could you provide have evidence of your claims? > The entire premise of "media literacy" is that what the mainstream media is telling you might not be true For example, the class studied a video that spread on Facebook, not in the mainstream media, for misinformation.
- Alex3917 5y ago> Could you provide have evidence of your claims? Did you watch the Danah Boyd video I linked to? There aren't many better Internet ethnographers than her. Like I don't know if she's the absolute best person in her field, but she's pretty easily top 10.