Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems continued a very public court battle over the truth, and the big Oscars went to a film that nearly defies description. Seems like we can find a few things to talk about in our media overview, Signals & Noise.
Our regulars return, Christopher Lucas of Southern Oregon University and Jessie Cretser-Hartenstein of Cal Poly-Humboldt. We discuss the media happenings of recent weeks, and our panelists give their top three media choices for the month.
Panelist "Pick Three"
JESSIE:
1) GAMES to increase media literacy (and combat and measure misinformation, disinformation, & propaganda)
Bad News
Go Viral
Breaking Harmony Square
Cat Park
2) WEBSITES for Fact-Checking
NPR FactCheck
Snopes
FactCheck.org
PolitiFact
3) PODCAST
Ear Hustle brings you the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.
CHRIS:
Ditto on the games,
I use the "bad news" game Jessie mentioned in my Media Literacy class!
EFF Surveillance Self-Defense https://ssd.eff.org/module/protecting-yourself-social-networks
Varsity documentary series (April 14-20) - https://www.catheatres.com/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=36#.ZCRu8OzML0o
I especially recommend The Tuba Thieves and Subject