Comms 351 Lecture 1
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This document discusses news literacy and its importance in the Information Age. It provides background on how media has evolved from the printing press to today's digital age. It notes that with so much information now available, consumers must determine what is reliable news. The document outlines challenges for news consumers, including information overload, blurred lines between news and entertainment, overcoming personal biases, and authenticating reliable sources. It emphasizes that news literacy allows people to make informed decisions.
Comms 351 Lecture 1
- 1. A special section of Media & Their Audiences for non-journalism majors Dr. Dale Cressman
- 2. From Johann to Jon....
- 3. How Do You Know If You’re Getting Reliable News? 3
- 4. How Do We Know What’s Reliable?
- 5. What Is News Literacy And Why Does It Matter?
- 6. News Literacy is the ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, television or the Internet.
- 7. Reliable information is actionable. It allows news consumers to make a decision, take action or share responsibly with others.
- 8. Why News Literacy Matters: In the Information Age, YOU the consumer are now in charge of determining what is reliable and what is not.
- 11. This is a course about news literacy. Watch, listen, read every day.
- 12. Classroom Etiquette · No Phones ringing · No Facebooking · No Texting · No Talking · No Sleeping · Be on Time Violators will be asked to leave class
- 13. News Literacy Matters (Or, What Happened During The Break and What It Has to Do With News Literacy)
- 14. While You Were Away…
- 15. While You Were Away…
- 16. While You Were Away…
- 17. People aren't’ torching cars and stealing televisions because they’re angry about “reduced hours at the local library”. These are simply “looters and vandals and thieves”. -London Telegraph Now that Britain’s flood of cheap credit has ebbed and jobs are scarce, the disenfranchised poor scramble for footing in a “world where identity comes from consumption” -Clive Bloom, Financial Times The consensus seems to be that a “widening gap between rich and poor, no jobs, and a frustrated underclass” are to blame…Are we next? -Raymond Bonner, TheAtlantic.com
- 18. Is this news?
- 19. Is this news?
- 20. From One “Berg” to Another A Revolution in Communications
- 21. 986 A.D.:Viking Explorers Discover North America
- 22. The Dark Ages A Monk Spent Months to Produce a Single Book
- 23. Gutenberg’s Printing Press Changes the World
- 24. The First Mass-Produced Book The Gutenberg Bible
- 25. Within 50 Years From a Few Books to Six Million
- 26. Books That Changed the World and Challenged Authority 1534 – Martin Luther and His Bible
- 27. Books That Changed the World and Challenged Authority 1776 – Tom Paine’s Revolutionary “Common Sense”
- 28. Mark Twain on the Printing Press “It found truth astir on earth and gave it wings; but untruth was also abroad, and it was supplied with a double pair of wings.”
- 29. 1815 – The Battle of New Orleans Almost 2,000 Soldiers Died 15 Days After the End of the War of 1812
- 30. Accuracy and Speed Tradeoff 1838 – Samuel Morse Sends First Public Telegram in America
- 31. Radio Covers the World Live 1937 – The Voyage of the Hindenberg
- 32. And Then You Were There… 1920 – First News Broadcast of Presidential Election Results
- 34. 1969: The Information Revolution 2.0 While we were marveling over live TV from the moon… The Internet was born: ARPANET
- 35. The Information Revolution 2.0 Between the end of Bush’s first term, and the beginning of Obama’s first term, Web 2.0 changed the rules.
- 36. Challenges for Consumers Challenge #1: Information Overload Challenge #2: The Blurring of the Lines Challenge #3: Overcoming Your Own Bias Challenge #4: A Crisis of Authenticity
- 37. The Information Revolution 2.0 “Every Two Days We Create As Much Information As We Did Up To 2003,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt
- 38. Challenges for the News Consumer Is everyone a “journalist”?
- 39. The Blurring of the Lines News or Entertainment?
- 40. Can you handle the truth? CNN/ORC Poll
- 42. Cognitive Dissonance: Even after the release of the long form birth certificate, a significant percentage of the population still believes Obama to be Muslim
- 43. Challenges for the News Consumer Crisis of authenticity
- 44. Challenges for the News Consumer Crisis of authenticity
- 45. Challenges for the News Consumer Crisis of authenticity
- 46. Assignment: News Blackout For 48 Hours No Facebook (or other social media) No News… No Sports Scores… No Weather… …Even From Friends or Family Summarize Your Reaction
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