Module 3: Social Media
Social media has turned us all from simple consumers of traditional media to producers ourselves.
Introduction
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The rapid growth of digital and mobile media technologies have enabled new forms of civic participation, activism and voice.
This module asks some of the most pressing questions about how social media is changing our world:
- How do social media affect our responsibilities as individuals and community members?
- What challenges do journalists face in adopting social media technologies for reporting?
- How do social media promote cross cultural dialog and global identities?
- What are the skills needed to be a savvy social media user?
- How have social media altered traditional boundaries of public expression?
According to Wikipedia, “Social media use web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media monologues into social media dialogues. They support the democratization of knowledge and information and transform people from content consumers to content producers.”
This module's components—theory, key questions, conceptual map, public service announcements, exercises and portable case studies—are arranged to provide a framework for secondary and tertiary education students to explore the complex landscape for social media in the contexts of: Responsibility, News/Journalism, Community, Education and Access.
The module was created by students representing 11 countries and 4 continents. Together they have contributed resources, ideas, research and experience that provide a media literacy education platform for social media exploration around the world.
To see the complete module for Social Media, please click here:
MODULE 3: SOCIAL MEDIA
