Marietta College will host a sequence of occasions for Media Literacy Week from Oct. 23-27 to spotlight the significance of media literacy and equip college students with vital considering expertise. Jillian Dosky ’24 (Columbus, Ohio), who’s majoring in Communication, is organizing the occasion via Fifth Street Consulting.
Media Literacy Week is an annual initiative organized by the National Association for Media Literacy Education to name consideration to media literacy training throughout the nation. This yr’s theme focuses on the core media literacy framework of Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create, and Act.
Marietta College has deliberate the next occasions for college students:
Monday: Media Literacy Week ACCESS — Students can be taught extra about media literacy and take away sources on accessing related info at an data desk occasion.
Tuesday: Media Literacy Week ANALYZE — A Pizza and Info Luncheon will characteristic two visitor audio system, Ann Stephens ’88 (Senior Marketing Manager and Team Lead for Consumer Marketing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and Lynn Dosky (Managing Editor, Consumer/Patient Content Marketing & Public Relations Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital) – discussing analyzing media and its significance for college students.
Wednesday: Media Literacy Week EVALUATE — Students can play “Clickbait the Game” and be taught to establish credible vs deceptive information sources.
Thursday: Media Literacy Week CREATE — The Clickbait Game continues to develop evaluative expertise.
Friday: Media Literacy Week ACT — Students make “phrase bubble” pledges on media literacy motion steps and obtain sweet treats.
“Media literacy is crucial for college students to navigate at the moment’s advanced media panorama,” mentioned Jillian Dosky. “By growing these vital considering expertise, college students turn into empowered customers and creators of media.”
At the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts school. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy, which was based in 1797, the College was formally chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a physique of 1,200 full-time college students. The College provides greater than 50 majors and is constantly ranked as one of many high regional complete schools by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review.
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