Professor Renee Hobbs explores how disparities in access to information contribute to misunderstandings and explains how analyzing media helps make our interpretation processes transparent. She shows how creating media helps people share in the social power of representing ideas and identity and notes that such competencies are essential for advancing the social responsibilities of media consumers and creators.

1. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
University of Rhode Island USA
Twitter: @reneehobbs
POWER ON!
Digital Media & Information Literacy in the
Context of Work, Life and Citizenship
DW AKADEMIE
Bonn, Germany
January 30, 2018

2. www.mediaeducationlab.com

4. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misunderstanding
Analyzing media helps make our
interpretation processes transparent
Creating media helps people share in the
social power of representing ideas &
identity
Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community

6. Learning about the Holocaust
SOURCE: UNESCO (2015). International Status of Education about the Holocaust.

7. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF TUNISIA

8. Teaching Teachers
Learning to Critically Analyze Propaganda

9. Teaching Teachers
Learning to Critically Analyze Propaganda

10. Teaching Teachers
Learning to Critically Analyze Propaganda

11. www.mindovermedia.eu

12. Propaganda evokes strong emotions, simplifies information, appeals to audience
needs & values, and attacks opponents

13. Propaganda can be
Beneficial or Harmful
Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of
a population toward some cause or position
CONTEXT

14. PROFESSOR HABIB KAZDAGHLI

15. State of Deception Exhibit
The History of Nazi Propaganda

17. At the opening of the exhibition at the National Library of Tunisia

19. differential access to information is inevitable

20. differences in interpretation are inevitable

21. differences in interpretation can be dangerous

22. …the individual reaches a point of
view hyper-focused on certain
interpretations of existing
problems and bereft of the
capacity to imagine alternative
solutions beyond those provided
by an exclusionary narrative.
-Daniel Koehler, 2015
The Dangers of
Polarization &
Extremism

23. Disparities in access to information
resources contribute to misinterpretation

24. Time to Share Your Experience
1. Go to Slido.com
2. Join with event code #2293
3. Answer the question

25. What are the Media & Information Literacy
Competencies Needed Today & in the Future?

26. New Forms of Authority are Emerging
Attention economics is surpassing traditional forms of authority and expertise
our attention — and
most of it free —
being found is
valuable."
 Immediacy
 Personalization
 Findability

31. the development of free and transparent media,
quality journalism, and programs that boost
media skills is more important than ever before

32. the development of free and transparent media,
quality journalism, and programs that boost
media skills is more important than ever before
 Creating a public sphere
 Supporting participation and
inclusion
 Providing access to information
 Holding those in power to
account

33. access and participation is not enough

34. Everyone needs
media & information literacy competencies

35. aware of media environment
choose media messages wisely
aware of own personal biases
actively comprehend & interpret
messages
analyze point of view, message
purpose & source bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?

36. aware of media environment
choose media messages wisely
aware of own personal biases
actively comprehend & interpret
messages
analyze point of view, message
purpose & source bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?

37. “Born the Hard Way”

42. for many people, entertainment & advertising
offer ideological world views that are more
compelling than news and information

43. aware of media environment
choosing media messages with
sensitivity to potential risks/harms
aware of personal bias
comprehend messages
analyze message point of view,
purpose & bias
recognize stereotypes that
influence attitudes & behaviors
understand media systems,
political economy & technologies
What does it mean to engage in critical thinking
about media?

44. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misinterpretation
Analyzing media messages helps make
our interpretation processes transparent

45. Time to Share Your Experience
1. Go to Slido.com
2. Join with event code #2293
3. Answer the question

49. Cross-National Dialogue
Builds Media & Information Literacy Competencies

50. Digital Storytelling

51. Time to Share Your Experience
1. Go to Slido.com
2. Join with event code #2293
3. Answer the question

52. Shadow Puppet
Make videos using a
smartphone, tablet or laptop
@reneehobbs @MedEduLab
Videorama
Pocket VideoScreencastify

53. Flipgrid.com
Use video dialogue tools to
share ideas and reflect
@reneehobbs @MedEduLab

54. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
People have a love-hate relationship with
media, technology and popular culture

55. Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community

56. Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community

57. Disparities in access to information
contribute to misunderstanding
Analyzing media helps make our
interpretation processes transparent
Creating media helps people share in the
social power of representing ideas &
identity
Being a socially responsible media
consumer and creator is something we
must learn in the home, school and
community

58. Everyone needs
media & information literacy competencies

59. We gain these competencies through relationships
and in communities through
dialogue, discussion & creative media-making

60. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
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Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com