In an age where students spend hours immersed in social media, algorithm-driven content, and attention economies, the illusion of free access to information often masks a deeper reality: our perceptions are curated, not chosen. Drawing on Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent, this article examines how corporate and political forces shape digital environments in ways that … [Read more...] about Who’s Thinking for Us? Media Literacy in our Modern World
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Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective: Sustainable Storytellers Challenging the Status Quo
Abstract: The Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective, a community organization based in Ithaca, New York, set out to define sustainability in their own terms by giving a diverse group of local adolescents the opportunity to engage subjects of environmental and social justice through digital media production within the auspices of a unique afterschool job-training … [Read more...] about Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective: Sustainable Storytellers Challenging the Status Quo
Strategies and Tactics for Interdisciplinary Experiential Environmental Education and Digital Media Production
Abstract: This essay describes a series of interdisciplinary projects addressing environmental issues in Florida where faculty and students from different departments collaborate on complex problems and produce multimedia work aimed at reaching a public audience. Through a series of brief case studies, a model of interdisciplinary experiential education emerges, … [Read more...] about Strategies and Tactics for Interdisciplinary Experiential Environmental Education and Digital Media Production
