Hear from Scholar Allison Perlman who will present her talk, “Contextualizing Media Controversies: Censorship, Bias, and Distortion in Historical Perspective.” She will discuss how to identify and unpack media narratives so we can more skillfully navigate our own media consumption. Educators will also be introduced to open-access classroom tested-lessons that support students’ developing critical consumption, curation, and production media practices.

Current image: Flyer for this event. Teaching Media Literacy for Civic Engagement. Scholar Allison Perlman will present her talk, “Contextualizing Media Controversies: Censorship, Bias, and Distortion in Historical Perspective,” discussing how to identify and unpack media narratives so we can skillfully navigate our own media consumption in the current media landscape. Educators will also be introduced to open-access classroom tested-lessons that support students as consumers, curators, and producers