North Carolina’s Who’s Who In Media Lit: A Meet and Greet

Join the North Carolina Media Literacy Alliance on Thursday, October 27th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST for an open-house style meet n’ greet. As an emerging advocacy group, our mission is to advance media literacy awareness within the state of North Carolina by providing opportunities for networking, collaboration, and education. Moderated by Media Literacy Now North Carolina’s Chapter lead, we’ll gather to create energy, inspiration, and action for growing media literacy in the state! You’ll hear about selected initiatives and groups happening in the state as well as have the chance to share your ideas and network.

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Representations of Teachers in the Media across time and space

Abbott Elementary is out to bust all the typical teacher tropes that have manifested in popular culture across time. As Marshall (2016) writes, teachers have predominantly been represented in popular culture as saintly, un-intellectual nurturers, or the opposite, as monsters, all the while presenting a misogynistic view of the teaching profession that’s dominated by women. In this presentation, media literacy educators/scholars, Dr. Stephanie Flores-Koulish and Sr. Rose Pacatte will examine various depictions of teacher depictions in the media, past and present using the critical lenses of media literacy education, and discuss the implications of such depictions on the profession and especially the impact on this female-dominated profession.

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Spotting election misinformation and understanding motivations behind how and why it spreads

We need to move beyond the unhelpful term “fake news” to more precisely identify the common types of misleading, inaccurate and false information that we are likely to encounter in the runup to the elections. We will discuss motivations behind different types of propagators of misinformation and learn fact-checking basics to feel more confident that we will be sharing and acting on accurate, credible information. By having a deeper understanding of misinformation, we can become less susceptible to it and more likely to prioritize reliable, verified sources of news and information.

This webinar is the second installment of a three-part series, brought to you by The News Literacy Project. This session is presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters. To learn more about election misinformation, please visit our website: https://newslit.org/election2022

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The Walrus Talks at Home: Digital Citizenship

With our digital engagement higher than ever, this is the time to reflect on our online behaviours and assess who has agency across the online landscape. As our relationship with technology and our online relationships with each other continue to evolve, how can we individually and collectively make the digital world better?

The Walrus Talks at Home: Digital Citizenship brings together leaders in the online sphere to share their learnings on power dynamics in our digital systems, the responsibilities of users and tech leaders, the rift between users’ virtual and real lives, the way we nurture positive online community, and the resources available to improve our media literacy.

Join us for this timely conversation about how informed intentional action can foster positive digital exchange.

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