shorter mihaildis, paul - ml & social change - academy 2015 - 7.21.15
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The Salzburg Academy’s Imperative
Media Literacy & Global Change
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Paul Mihailidis, PhDAssociate Professor,
Emerson College, Boston MA
Director, Salzburg Academy on Media and Global
Change Associate Director, Engagement Lab
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What does social change look like today…
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LEZEM is a platform that seeks to actively engage the youth of Lebanon in the country’s civil life. We work together to identify major obstructions to social development in our community, to propose solutions & find effective ways of implementing these solutions.
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MAPPING POLICE VIOLENCE
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What do these examples have in common?
The utilization of media tools, platforms and processes designed to gather individuals committed to positive change, and to facilitate action in support of that change.
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What Conditions Support Civic Action?
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connectivity
mobility spreadability
MEDIA
CITIZEN
Networked Public Sphere
Networked Public Sphere
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Mobility
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Internet access v. mobile phones
– 7+ billion people on Earth– Only 40% have access to
internet http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/
– 75% have access to mobile phones (2012)
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This has become a 'Tethered Generation'
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"The logic of digital media, on the other hand,allows the people formerly known as the audienceto create value for one another every day” – ClayShirky
Connectivity
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Networked Publics
1. The space constructed through networked technologies
2. The imagined community that emerges as a result of the intersection of people, technology, and practice (19)
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Global Internet Traffic
Real time: http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html
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Web Connection Density
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“…the technical resources that make it easier to circulate some kinds of content than others, the economic structures that support or restrict circulation, the attributes of a media text that might appeal to a community’s motivation for sharing material, and the social networks that link people through the exchange of meaningful bytes” (Jenkins, Ford, Green, 4).
Spreadability
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What Does One Second on the Internet LookLike?
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How Does Media Literacy Support Civic Action?
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Media LiteracyLiteracy
Read Write
ANALYSIS EXPRESSION
…with all media texts available in the 21 st century
Expanded concept of literacy
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An emerging disconnect in this approach to media literacy
Critical Engagement with Media
Critical Engagement with Society
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Even Academy Students struggle with connecting media analysis to
social action• Apathy Narratives• Awareness-Action Gaps• Self-Consciousness & Public (dis)comfort
with online expression and engagement• Borderless Cynicism – what can we really
do?
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Critical Inquirythe ability toanalyze,evaluate, andproduce mediamessages,and;
Critical agencyto use media toengage in,responsible,inclusive, andactive dialog inlocal, national,and globalcommunities
Media Literacy as Civic Agency:Connecting analysis to action
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• ACCESS to media as a human right • AWARENESS of messages as portrayers of
values, norms, and contexts • ASSESSMENT of the techniques media use to
present information• APPRECIATION for the value of media to provide
for communities in connective and dynamic ways.
• ACTION to encourage better communication across cultural, social, and political divides
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AN ECOSYSTEM FOR MEDIA LITERACY