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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Are You Disinformed? Propaganda, Social Distancing and Conversational Interventions

This webinar focuses on propaganda and the intersection of visual, media and news literacy skills essential to navigate the virtual environment for the upcoming election. Students will test their Propaganda IQ and learn how propaganda makers target us and what we can do to counteract it in campaign messaging. Facilitated by Jessi McCarthy, Freedom Forum, First Amendment Educational Content Manager.

This event is not open to the public.

Balance Your Brain

A webinar facilitated by Jessi McCarthy, Freedom Forum, First Amendment Educational Content Manager.

Have you considered how your confirmation bias reinforces your existing beliefs? How can it trap you in an echo chamber and prevent you from considering other evidence and points of view? What about confirmation bias of media producers — news reporters, bloggers, social media influencers, and other user-generated content? How does their confirmation bias affect the news and information we read, watch and listen to in the digital culture? What can we do to counter confirmation bias?

This event is not open to the public.