12. Future Literacies: Crash Course Media Literacy #12

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We?ve seen and discussed the ways in which the rapid pace of technological change has affected the media literacy landscape, and it?s clear that change isn?t slowing down. How will those changes affect the future of media literacy?

11. Media Skills: Crash Course Media Literacy #11

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Now that you have a solid understanding of the media landscape, it?s time to equip you with the essential skills for navigating it.

10. The Dark(er) Side of Media: Crash Course Media Literacy #10

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Propaganda! Misinformation! Disinformation! Today we?re talking about the dark - or, shall we say, darkER - side of media. Understanding these media bogeymen is essential to being a more media literate citizen.

9. Media Policy & You: Crash Course Media Literacy #9

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Copyright and other media regulations have always been a bit tricky, but the internet made all of that infinitely more complicated. But what does all of that mean for you, the consumer?

8. Media Ownership: Crash Course Media Literacy #8

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We?ve talked about how broad a concept ?the media? really is - and given that, it can be hard to keep track of all the different forces that constitute ?the media.? It can be tough, but it?s not impossible.

7. Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7

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You're being watched. That sounded more sinister than I intended but online, it's true. Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Netflix... the list goes on and on. They're watching what you do, what you shop for, what you watch... all of it.

6. Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6

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We?ve mentioned already that there?s a lot of money in media and a huge chunk of that money is spent on trying to get you to do something ? buy something, vote a certain way, change a behavior. How does advertising work?

5. Media & Money: Crash Course Media Literacy #5

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Media isn?t just movies and newspapers and TV shows, it?s also a part of society that involves a lot of money. And all that money has implications for the media that gets created.

4. Media & the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy #4

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You are constantly surrounded by media, so the question is: how does your brain handle all of that? The unfortunate answer is that our brains have a lot of processes that are not super helpful for media literacy, but hopefully, with a little self-awareness, we can work around that.

3. History of Media Literacy, Part 2: Crash Course Media Literacy #3

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Jay continues our journey through the history of media literacy with the arrival of movies, television, and the other screens that now permeate our lives - along with some of the different approaches to media literacy that these inventions brought with them.

2. History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2

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In order to understand the history of media literacy, we have to go all the way back to straight-up literacy. In the first half of our look at the history of media literacy, Jay takes us all the way back to Ancient Greece and forward through the printing press, newspapers, and Yellow Journalism.

1. Introduction to Media Literacy: Crash Course Media Literacy #1

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First thing’s first: what is media literacy? In our first episode, Jay breaks this question down and explains how we’re going to use it to explore our media-saturated world.

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