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The Role Of Media

The media plays an important role in shaping public awareness and providing information that shapes attitudes and public opinion. Media is an increasingly powerful tool whether it’s television, radio, or the internet. Social media is quickly expanding its influence on all aspects of our lives. What should the role of the media be in our society, and what purposes does it serve? Does the media play a positive or negative role in our society as innovative technologies continue to increasingly “connect” everyone to the world around them?

Media Breaker/Studios: Break the ElectionMediaBreaker/Studios is a free online learning tool to help students understand how media impact elections and the media. With Break the Election, students remix and critique political commercials, news coverage and more to learn about techniques of persuasion, bias and misinformation. Break the Election helps students learn and practice media literacy skills.

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Learning from Video Games While Homeschooling During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 27, 2020 David Childs 40

By Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionIn many households young people all over the United States have suddenly been introduced to homeschooling due to […]

Predictions about COVID19 from Dystopian Fiction Literature and Films: Useful Resources to Check Out While Stuck in the House

March 17, 2020 David Childs 15

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University An Educated and Informed Citizenry is One of the Hallmarks of a Successful DemocracyAn important component of a successful […]

Identifying Unreliable News Sources

March 2, 2020 David Childs 29

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University “Researchers at Princeton and New York University found that Facebook users 65 and over posted seven times as many […]

African American History is American History- Creative Resources for Teaching African American History

February 21, 2020 David Childs 11

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University One of the core values of our democratic society in the United States is the celebration of diversity and […]

More Teaching Resources on the Impeachment Process and President Trump

December 29, 2019 David Childs 8

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University With the 2019 Trump impeachment proceedings having been wrapped up in the House of Representatives and moving on to […]

The Great Thanksgiving Listen By Storycorps

November 24, 2019 David Childs 3

This week in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday we would like to encourage folks to check out the The Great Thanksgiving Listen project by […]

Lessons on the History of Thanksgiving and Native American Culture

November 18, 2019 David Childs 12

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University One of the most important ideals in a democratic society is to give voice to people from every sector […]

Part Five (Women’s Rights) – Can we Talk About this in Class: Unpacking Some Complexities of the Me Too Movement

October 22, 2019 David Childs 33

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionAn appropriate way to end this series of articles on women’s rights is to also pay homage to the […]

Part Four (Women’s Rights) – Bringing Awareness to Violence Against Native American Women

October 14, 2019 David Childs 8

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionIn our fourth installation of the celebration of women’s rights (In commemoration of the passages of the 19th amendment) […]

“What Happened on September 11? I Honestly Don’t Know.”

September 12, 2019 David Childs 86

Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University What happened on that day?On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001 the al-Qaeda terrorist network successfully executed attacks against the […]

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