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New Directions in Media Education

New Directions in Media Education. Youth, News, and Citizenship in the 21 st Century. Paradoxes of the Information Age. More fragmentation | More consolidation Multiplicity of voices | Reduction of substantive reporting Information richness | Information fatigue

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New Directions in Media Education

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  1. New Directions in Media Education Youth, News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century

  2. Paradoxes of the Information Age • More fragmentation | More consolidation • Multiplicity of voices | Reduction of substantive reporting • Information richness | Information fatigue • Citizens who know more facts | Citizens who have less truth

  3. What does it Mean to be an informed citizen in the 21st Century?

  4. What does it Mean to be a media literate citizen in the 21st Century?

  5. Beyond Cynicism: News Literacy and Civic Learning Outcomes in Higher Education If people are effectively taught the critical skills to access, evaluate, analyze, & produce media they will better understand media’s roles and responsibilities in civil society.

  6. Re-conceiving the Field: Connecting News Media & Citizenship • Good Journalists – by teaching them how to understand, analyze, evaluate, and produce media messages, and; • Good Citizens – by highlighting the role of news in civil society, the importance of being an informed voter, and a responsible, aware, and active participant in local, national, and global communities.

  7. The Digital – Civic ParadoxExploring global discourse around journalism and news

  8. Questions • What are the biggest challenges that future journalists will face in a digital media age? • What are the biggest challenges to journalism’s role in cultivating active and engaged citizenship for 21st Century democracy? __________

  9. FINDINGSThe Digital – Civic Paradox • An overall apprehension towards new media technologies in journalism, juxtaposed with a general embrace of the civic voice in the news industry, and; • An acknowledgement of the increasing challenges to citizenship in the 21st Century, specifically concerning civic participation, activism, and how media is perceived in an information age.

  10. Collapsing Boundaries and the need for News Literacy Education Theme 1 - Journalism: From higher entity to civic pursuit • “The citizen has to want to be involved with the media. If there is no desire to be literate or to access media, it [civic engagement] is impossible,” – Academy student, United States Theme 2 – The “So What?” of new media technologies and the journalistic pursuit • “The biggest challenge will be to be able to approach new technologies and use them in a constructive way” – Academy Student, China

  11. Questions for Journalism Educators in the 21st Century • Whatare the biggest challenges facing journalists today? 2. What are the most important skills for a 21st century journalist to have?

  12. THANKS! Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Hofstra University (www.paulmihailidis.wordpress.com) Director, Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change (www.salzburg.umd.edu) civic empowerment social media media education Paul.mihailidis@hofstra.edu 516-463-5226 news literacy global media

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