Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Salem State University/Media Literacy, Section 02 (Fall 2020)

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Course name: Media Literacy, Section 02

Institution: Salem State University

Instructor: Cindy Vincent

Wikipedia Expert: Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject: media literacy

Course dates: 2020-09-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-11 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors: 25

In this course students will use a critical perspective to become informed consumers and creators of media texts–to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in print, electronic and digital formats. Issues discussed in class will address topics like the social impact of popular culture, influence of advertising on media content, mass media as a global industry, how to read the news, and media as a source of information and entertainment.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Rkirby23	Participatory culture
Biglowmoon	Tokenism
Mkaras0603	Social media
LauraTavarez	Transmedia storytelling
Brittautumnb	Media activism
Taylortai0205	2019–20 Hong Kong protests
Jwilliam15	Political economy of communications
Lthompsmedia	Mass media
Whisper of the Forest	Heteronormativity
Cwilley16	Computer and network surveillance
Nicolekenney	Convergence culture
Amandaclark1	Fear of missing out
N sanford	Media bias
LilahMonahan	Filter bubble
Maximilian Wentz-Fischer	Collective intelligence
Amandaswanson20	Mainstream media
Cogiba	Information privilege
Sloopawls	Concentration of media ownership
KRobson01	Net neutrality
AshleyVincent141	Technological convergence
Gabeduran4	Spreadability
S dunn00	Participatory democracy
JolyBrantzky

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Week 6

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Wednesday, 7 October 2020 | Friday, 9 October 2020

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

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Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)