Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Module 2 Fake news

  • Fake news has recently drawn a lot of attention in the media. 
  • It naturally links to the key concept of representation, which has always been at the very core of media literacy teaching. 
  • Because indeed, just like traditional newspapers, radio or television, digital media do not offer a transparent window on the world, but rather a mediated version. 
  • They don’t just present reality, they re-present it. 
  • Even when it is concerned with real-life events, they invite us to see the world in some particular ways and not others. 
  • In that sense, they are bound to be “biased” rather than “objective.” 

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