Paul L. Thomas

Christian Z. Goering

Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America confronts the reasons that so many Americans were susceptible to widespread media misinformation campaigns leading up to and during the 2016 Presidential Election.

Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America

Paul Lee Thomas

An introduction: can critical media literacy save us? / Christian Z. Goering and P. l. Thomas -- An educator's primer: fake news, post-truth, and a critical free press / P. l. Thomas -- Reconsidering evidence in real world arguments / Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner -- What is the story? reading the web as narrative / Sharon A. Murchie and Janet A. Neyer -- Fighting "fake news" in an age of digital disorientation: towards "Real news," critical media literacy education, and independent journalism for 21st century citizens / Rob Williams -- Educating the myth-led: critical literacy pedagogy in a post-truth world / Robert Williams and Daniel Woods -- Teaching critical media literacy as a social process in writing intensive classrooms / Joanne Addison -- Before you click "share": mindful media literacy as a positive civic act / Jason l. Endacott, Matthew l. Dingler, Seth D. French and John P. Broome -- Engaging the storied mind: teaching critical media literacy through narrative / Erin O'Neill Armendarez -- Supporting media-savvy youth-activists: the case of Marcus Yallow / Mark A. Lewis -- Creating wobble in a world of spin: positioning students to challenge media poses / Sarah Bonner, Robyn Seglem and Antero Garcia

Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-truth America

James A. Anderson

David A. Jolliffe

Krista Jones Oldham

In rural America, perhaps more than other areas, high school students have the ability to contribute to the revitalization and sustainability of their home communities by engaging in oral history projects designed to highlight the values that are revered and worth saving in their region. The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project, a multiyear collaboration between the University of Arkansas and several public high schools in small, rural Arkansas towns, gives students that opportunity. Through the project, trained University of Arkansas studentmentors work with high school students on in-depth writing projects that grow out of oral history interviews. The Delta, a region where the religious roots of southern culture run deep and the traditions of cooking, farming, and hunting are passed from generation to generation, provides the ideal subject for oral history projects. In this detailed exploration of the project, the authors draw on theories of cultural studies and critical pedagogy of place to show how students’ work on religion, food, and race exemplifies the use of community literacy to revitalize a distressed economic region. Advancing the discussion of place-based education, The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project is both inspirational and instructive in offering a successful model of an authentic literacy program.

Christian Z. Goering

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