Digital Media Literacy - BTN Episode 28, 2025 - Behind the News

Описание: Online Research 🔍 Joe guides students on a digital scavenger hunt – asking them to use the internet to find the answers to various questions and exploring how commonly used tools like AI and search engines can sometimes lead us astray. Algorithms Explained 🤖 ‘The algorithm’ is something we often hear about in discussions of digital media, but what is it? Slopaganda 🪧 It's a fairly new term used to describe the use of AI for influencing people’s political beliefs. Independent Media 🧑‍💻 The internet and social media have had a big impact on the news media, and many traditional outlets have struggled to make money, leading to so-called “news deserts” in places where options for local news are limited. But it’s also opened the door for smaller, independent media outlets and even citizen journalists. Her Way 🚺 Kushi catches up with a young independent journalist who started her own media company as a way of addressing what she saw as a lack of reporting on women’s sport.

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