Please join me on Monday, May 4th for the next free webinar meetup of the MediaEd Club of the Media Education Lab: "Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda"

Learn more and register on:
https://mediaeducationlab.com/events/memes-warfare-and-propaganda

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #LikeWar #warfare #propaganda #memes #MemeCulture

The right to gather doesn’t fail only when it is removed.

It also fails when the conditions that make gathering possible - shared awareness, visibility, overlap - are no longer reliably there.

A right can exist in law and still lose its force in practice.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/right-to-gather-algorithm-age?r=6l8ed8

#HumanRights #DigitalDemocracy #FreedomOfAssembly #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy #CivicEngagement #EUCharter #Democracy #TechAndSociety

With HISTONETICA Education, we have developed an approach to making humanities research accessible to children and young people. By translating our relational research framework into age-appropriate educational formats, we provide a foundation for understanding how knowledge is constructed — and how information circulates, is connected, and produces meaning in contemporary digital environments.

https://www.histonetica.org/en/education_en/

#HistoryOfScience · #DigitalHumanities · #STS · #Education · #ScienceCommunication · #OpenScience · #MediaLiteracy

Clarity is often treated like a formatting tool - something that makes ideas easier, faster, more digestible.

But what if that’s not what we need?

This piece is about a different kind of clarity.

Not the kind that simplifies , but the kind that helps us stay oriented when things are complex, noisy, and moving fast.

It’s about learning how to see, not just how to consume.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/clarity-is-not-simplicity-its-orientation?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#CriticalThinking
#SystemsThinking
#DigitalSociety
#Epistemology
#MediaLiteracy
#AIandSociety

THE ANATOMY OF A DIGITAL LIE: Inside the Modern Propaganda Machine & Information Warfare

https://youtu.be/aIp1mM2ESBA

#InformationWarfare #OSINT #Propaganda #Disinformation #Geopolitics #CyberSecurity #MediaLiteracy #DeepDive

We are proponents of teaching critical thinking skills and digital literacy, so in honor of April Fool's Day we want to let you know that we have some great free teaching resources in our Media Literacy Collection.

These lessons cover social media literacy, surveillance, propaganda and disinformation, visual literacy and more. The lessons are based on award-winning films from around the world like And So It Begins (Philippines), Navalny (Russia), The Cup (Tibet/India).

Whether you want to boost your own media literacy skills or support your students in navigating their media world, we've got something for you. Check it out!

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/media-literacy-and-journalism-lessons/

#MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #CriticalThinking #Education #Homeschooling #GlobalEducation