In this course, you will learn what media literacy means and how you can improve your own media literacy skills
During 5 weeks, you will learn about the media, including understanding and critically reading the media, finding adequate sources and recognizing fake news, grasping the basic rules of journalism, improving your style, grammar and composition, and your overall writing ability.
KEY CONCEPTS
- Understand what media literacy is and its importance
- Analyze and interpret media messages through guided questions
- Practice reading strategies to preview a text
- Practice skimming and scanning when you read
- Practice reading for the main idea
- Define and accurately use content-related vocabulary in course activities and games
- Apply comprehension strategies as you read, watch, and listen to a variety of texts and multimedia sources
- Demonstrate your understanding of these texts and key course ideas through comprehension check quizzes and a discussion board response