Media Literacy
| Dates: | September 16 - October 21, 2024 |
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| Meets: | Mondays, September 16 - October 21, 2024, 1-3 p.m. |
| Location: | Online Course |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Please note: this course requires membership in Annual Membership or Annual Membership or Semi-Annual Membership or Associate Membership
The dissemination of news and other factual information in the United States was once primarily controlled by a small group of media gatekeepers-major newspapers, a few broadcast networks and the reputable wire services. The internet and social media changed all that. Many Americans now cannot distinguish between a well-researched investigate report from The New York Times and disinformation produced or spread by hostile governments that your friends post on Facebook or send you in messages. With the advent of "deep fake" technology and the hallucinations of reality generated by artificial intelligence, it is increasingly challenging even for media professionals to separate fact from friction.
This course will explore why many Americans became "media illiterate," what can be done about it, how you can do your own fact-checking, and how you can respond to family and friends who believe or reproduce disinformation and misinformation.
This course will explore why many Americans became "media illiterate," what can be done about it, how you can do your own fact-checking, and how you can respond to family and friends who believe or reproduce disinformation and misinformation.
| Fee: | $0.00 |
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| Hours: | 12.00 |
Online Course
Steven Herman
Steven Herman, formerly the White House bureau chief for the Voice of America, is now VOA's chief national correspondent. He spent more than a quarter century in Asia, reporting from Tokyo, India, Korea, and Thailand. After travelling to over 75 countries and territories, Herman is an adjunct assistant professor at Shenandoah University and an adjunct lecturer of journalism at the University of Richmond. He was a Jurist Journalist-in-Residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a Kiplinger Fellow at Ohio University. In 2024, Kent State University Press published Herman's critically acclaimed book, Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist's Story of Covering the President-and Why It Matters. Herman lead the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, among other organizations. He has appeared as an on-air guest on BBC, CBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News and is frequently called on to analyze US news events on network broadcasts across Africa, as well as on news channels in Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 09/16/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
| 09/23/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
| 09/30/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
| 10/07/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
| 10/14/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
| 10/21/2024 | Monday | 1 PM to 3 PM | Online Course |
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