Hobbs and Frost (2003) investigated a media literacy course that was integrated into a yearlong high school English curriculum. Seven 11th grade English language arts teachers, three of whom attended a weeklong institute on teaching media awareness, selected texts to use in common and developed assignments that included analysis of television shows, news, and political speeches along with classic and contemporary literature. Although based on offline rather than online media literacy, the study found that explicit media literacy instruction increased both traditional literacy skills, such as reading comprehension and writing, and more specific media-related skills, including identification of techniques various media use to influence audiences.
I see how this can be an issue. Many adults see the internet's sources as unreliable. Many professors will only accept .edu or .gov sitesas resources. They feel sites like wikipedia and others are not trustworthy and therefore any information gained from them is useless. In order for students to know what is reliable and what isnt we as educators must first be aware. I can remember the old joke of "well if you found it on the internet it must be true". Alot has changed in the years since the internet has made its way into our everyday lives. The amount of information and its validity has improved by leaps and bounds. Now publishers are being held accountable by the public so that even sites such as wikipedia can have quality and reliable information.
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