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

contact: alec.couros@uregina.cacouros.ca