Media Literacy Week 2020: Evaluate
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What is Evaluation?
As listed on NAMLE's Media Literacy Week 2020 Website:
In media literacy, Evaluating media content involves drawing one’s own meaning, judgment, and conclusions about media messages based on the information gathered during media access, thoughtful analysis, and self-reflective interpretation.
Key Questions to Ask:
- How credible is this and how do I know?
- Is this fact, opinion, or something else?
- Can I trust this source to tell me the truth about this topic?
- Who might benefit from this message? Who might be harmed by it?
- How does this make me feel and how do my emotions influence my interpretation of this?
- How might different people understand this message differently?
- Is this message good for me or people like me?
Quoted from:
Media Literacy Week 2020 Access Page. Media Literacy Week, National Association for Media Literacy in Education (NAMLE), medialiteracyweek.us/about/theme/evaluate. Accessed 7 Oct. 2020.
Resources
- Media Literacy and Misinformation LibGuidefrom Monmouth University
- Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online InformationUse the strategies outlined in this article from edutopia.org
- Rx for an Infodemic: Media Decoding, COVID-19 and Online TeachingThis article by Chris Sperry and Cyndy Scheibe of Project Look Sharp was published in Social Education, peer-reviewed journal from the National Council for the Social Studies.
- Decoding Demonstration VideoThis video shows Chris Sperry of Project Look Sharp leading high school students through an inquiry-based decoding of Israeli and Palestinian maps to discover bias in maps.
- Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements?from Pew Research
- Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information onlineEducation scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don't always recognize political bias of social messages.
Lesson Plans
- Advertisers Power of Persuasion - WaterLesson from Project Look Sharp about print advertisements and bottled waters. Site asks you to create a free account with Project Look Sharp.
- Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Fruits & VegetablesLesson from Project Look Sharp about print advertisements and carrot-related food products. Site asks you to create a free account with Project Look Sharp.
- Google Image Searches - Do they promote or counter stereotypes?This activity from Project Look Sharp asks students to analyze image search screen shots. Site asks you to create a free account with Project Look Sharp.
