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Says Who? Challenges Of Teaching News Literacy In A Culture Of Secrecy, Kanchan Kaur
Says Who? Challenges Of Teaching News Literacy In A Culture Of Secrecy, Kanchan Kaur
First Global News Literacy Conference
India might be the world’s largest democracy, but it is still fraught with challenges that plague the underdeveloped world. India is quickly moving to a digital democracy—the ability to receive information in almost real time through mass media and to make one’s voice heard through social media (1) --with complex consequences. One of them has to do with a post-fact environment and non-state actors who try to influence public opinion to serve their own ends. Social media, especially WhatsApp, serves their purposes well, for instead of exposing people to diverse views, it mainly creates an echo chamber (2). Making matters …
News Literacy In Argentina; Commitment To Democracy, Roxana Morduchowicz
News Literacy In Argentina; Commitment To Democracy, Roxana Morduchowicz
First Global News Literacy Conference
The main challenge for a News Literacy program in Latin America is to reinforce democracy. After many years of strong military dictatorships, media literacy in this region should develop and strengthen students´ democratic culture and citizenship education. The other essential goal for News Literacy in Latin America is to break the social and cultural gaps –including critical reading skills- that exist between young people from privileged families and the ones who come from the poorest economic groups. The first step is to enact News Literacy as a public policy. There have always been teachers who taught students how to critically …