Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Salem State University/Media Literacy, Section 02 (Fall 2020)

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Course name
Media Literacy, Section 02
Institution
Salem State University
Instructor
Cindy Vincent
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
media literacy
Course dates
2020-09-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


In this course students will use a critical perspective to become informed consumers and creators of media texts–to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in print, electronic and digital formats. Issues discussed in class will address topics like the social impact of popular culture, influence of advertising on media content, mass media as a global industry, how to read the news, and media as a source of information and entertainment.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Rkirby23 Participatory culture
Biglowmoon Tokenism
Mkaras0603 Social media
LauraTavarez Transmedia storytelling
Brittautumnb Media activism
Taylortai0205 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
Jwilliam15 Political economy of communications
Lthompsmedia Mass media
Whisper of the Forest Heteronormativity
Cwilley16 Computer and network surveillance
Nicolekenney Convergence culture
Amandaclark1 Fear of missing out
N sanford Media bias
LilahMonahan Filter bubble
Maximilian Wentz-Fischer Collective intelligence
Amandaswanson20 Mainstream media
Cogiba Information privilege
Sloopawls Concentration of media ownership
KRobson01 Net neutrality
AshleyVincent141 Technological convergence
Gabeduran4 Spreadability
S dunn00 Participatory democracy
JolyBrantzky

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 7 October 2020   |   Friday, 9 October 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 October 2020   |   Friday, 16 October 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 21 October 2020   |   Friday, 23 October 2020
In class - Article Critique

Article critique assignment due on Canvas.