Latest / The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education Leaders
Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News (with Roy S. Whitehurst)
Roy S. Whitehurst is a former CIA analyst and instructor. He spent 30+ years evaluating written information, photos, videos, and other media collected by the CIA and taught media literacy skills to new CIA analysts.
He’s the author of Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News: Practical Techniques for Middle and High School Classrooms.
We talk about:
Some of the types of media to evaluate and what makes them challenging
Velocity of information
Disinformation, misinformation, malinformation
Evaluation skills
Is media literacy scalable?
Do people want to be informed?
What makes Roy…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.