News & Media Literacy: Word/Phrase of the Week
Each week, I tweet and post on Facebook a word (or phrase) that 21st century students should know and understand. (You don’t have to use THIS week’s—pick one from the growing list.) I recommend that educators ask students to locate a news story which uses that word/phrase; be sure they understand its meaning and be aware of the word/phrase when they encounter it in the news or popular culture. Feel free to suggest a word or phrase to me by emailing me at fbaker1346@gmail.com
2022
Week of Word/Phrase
We’re taking a break
will return in the Fall
May 29 Climate Disinformation
May 22 Great Replacement Theory
May 15 Spliternet
May 8 Digital Redlining
May 1 Ruscism
April 24 Motion Smoothing
April 17 Phubbing
April 10 Hybrid Warfare
April 3 Russophobia
March 27 War of attrition; chemical weapons;
globalization; humanitarian corridor; rump state
March 20 War Fatigue/Safe Corridor
March 13 Browser Fingerprinting
March 6 Fog of War; No Fly Zone
February 27 Negativity Bias
February 20 Gerrymandering
February 13 False Flag
February 6 Conflict Entrepreneurs
January 30 Automated Content Recognition
January 23 Action Civics
January 16 Metatextuality
January 9 Flurona
January 2 Anti-Visualization
Week of Word/Phrase 2021 December 26 Verify December 19 Toyetic Dec 12 Omicron Variant December 5 Cognitive Bias November 28 Nano-Influencer November 21 Woke washing November 14 Wokeness November 7 Availability Bias October 31 Subvertising October 24 Metaverse October 17 Twindemic October 10 “participatory disinformation” October 3 “dark advertising” September 26 Greenwashing September 19 finfluencer September 12 revenge travel September 5 “participatory disinformation” August 29 Prebunking August 22 Facetuning WE’RE ON HIATUS: RETURNING THIS FALL May 23 Zombie Claim May 16 Ransomware |
Week of Word/Phrase
2020 WE WILL RETURN IN THE FALL June 7 Resistance Journalism |
Week of Word/Phrase 2019 December 29 “Toxic Cynicism” December 22 “information pollution” December 15 ” artistic license” December 8 “for your consideration” December 1 “cancel culture” November 24 “cultural currency” November 17 “algorithm bias” November 10 “algorithm literacy” November 3 Stereotype October 27 “Addressable TV” October 20 “news deserts” October 13 “sadfishing” October 6 “showrunner” September 29 “Immersive Technology” September 22 “Misrepresentation” September 15 Four Phrases September 8 “Computer mediated communication” September 1 “Social media influencer” August 25 “Artificial Intelligence” August 18 “False Equivalence” August 11 “Social Engineering” August 4 “Truth Decay” RETURNING IN THE FALL June 9 “Dark Money” June 2 “Phishing” May 26 “Cognitive Dissonance” May 19 “Facial Recognition” May 12 “Product Placement” May 5 “Micro-influencers” April 28 “Twitter bots” April 21 “Representation” April 14 “Net Neutrality” April 7 “Upfronts” March 31 “Verification” March 24 “Confirmation Bias” March 17 “Echo Chamber” March 10 “Sealioning” March 3 “Typosquatting” February 24 “Deepfake” |