Renee Hobbs demonstrates how critically analyzing propaganda and creating media advance fundamental literacy competencies.

1. Mind Over Media:
Literacy in an Age of Propaganda
Jordanian School Librarians Conference
Amman, Jordan
November 4, 2018
Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
#mindovermedia

2. www.mediaeducationlab.com

4. EMPOWERMENT
PROTECTION

6. We share meaning through symbols
that come in many forms

9. Learners may infer from digital culture that
being angry or mean will attract attention

10. Learners may infer from digital culture that
being angry or mean will attract attention

11. @reneehobbs
Media & Technology Create
Unreal Realities

12. How do we prepare learners for their
social responsibilities as both
media consumers and creators?

13. How do we prepare learners for an unknowable future?

14. MEDIA LITERACY

15. https://mindovermedia.eu

16. Mind Over Media
https://mindovermedia.eu

18. More than 2,000 examples from 40 countries

19. Analyzing Media
with the
MEDIA LITERACY
SMARTPHONE

21. Propaganda
can be beneficial or
harmful
It can be found in
news and
information,
advertising,
entertainment,
education & activism

22. Propaganda analysis
can promote
intellectual curiosity
and
cultural understanding

23. At any moment, the reader is ready
to turn into a writer.
-Walter Benjamin

28. Learners can use
many forms of
media to express
their knowledge &
understanding

29. CHOICE
MATTERS
Hobbs, R. (2017). Create to Learn. NY:
Wiley.
BLOGS VIDEO
PODCAST ANIMATION
INFOGRAPHIC
VLOGS &
SCREENCAST

30. Free and Low-Cost Cloud-Based Digital Tools
Support Digital Authorship
Writing
KidBlog
Google Docs
Wikispaces
Storybird
Animation
Animoto
Powtoons
OSnap
Moovly
Screencasting
Screencastify
Screencast-o-Matic
Podcasting
Anchor FM
Video Production
YouTube
WeVideo
Shadow Puppet
Kizoa
Adobe Spark
Coding
Scratch
Ready
Infographics
Infogr.am
Easel.ly

31. How can you help your students learn to
critically analyze propaganda?

32. How can you help your students learn to
critically analyze propaganda?
What current activities
could be modified so
that students experience
the power of creating
media?

33. How can you help students to learn to
critically analyze propaganda?
What current activities
could be modified so
that students experience
the power of creating
media?
What potential impact might these
experiences have for learners?

34. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Co-Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Digital Literacy
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
LEARN MORE
Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com