{"id":24707,"date":"2019-12-04T08:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=24707"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:08:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:08:02","slug":"state-news-story-on-media-literacy-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/state-news-story-on-media-literacy-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"State News Story on Media Literacy Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"header\">\n<h3 class=\"h1\">SC students need better instruction on spotting bias, \u2018fake news\u2019 online, bill says<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bio\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">BY JOSEPH BUSTOS\/ THE STATE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><time id=\"publish_date\" class=\"publish-date\">DECEMBER 04, 2019 05:00 AM<\/time>\u00a0<time id=\"update_date\" class=\"update-date\" data-originaldate=\"1575453611\"><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-network-macro\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">COLUMBIA, S.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the spread of misinformation, so-called \u201cfake news,\u201d and news streams that reflect the consumers\u2019 political viewpoints, a state lawmaker and a Columbia media literacy consultant want students to be taught how to be critical of what they read and post online.<\/p>\n<p>A bill sponsored by state Rep. Seth Rose, D-Richland, would direct the S.C. Department of Education to develop a plan for teaching media literacy in the state\u2019s public schools after taking recommendations from an advisory panel.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to teach students how to think critically about what they see in the media and in social media, which has been used to propagate \u201cfake news,\u201d supporters say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a global level, it would teach kids not to take what they see on social media as fact, to question the sources, and ask questions about what they\u2019re seeing on social media,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"zone-el-20\" class=\"zone-el\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt would also teach them the dangers of social media \u2014 putting a picture out there, or writing a statement \u2014 something that could haunt you the rest of your life even if you\u2019re at a young age. It would also include teaching kids about what they are seeing. What are people, advertisers, and others, political candidates, what words are they using, what are they trying to do to influence your decision making?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"zone-el-3\" class=\"zone-el\"><\/div>\n<p>When young people consume media, they should know to question who the author or producer is, ask if there is a hidden agenda or bias, and ask what techniques the media is using to convey its message, said Frank W. Baker, a Columbia media literacy consultant who supports the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Baker added that looking at popular culture and the news, \u201cit\u2019s pretty clear today they (students) aren\u2019t thinking clearly about media messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina\u2019s education standards already includes references to teaching media literacy, according to state Education Department spokesman Ryan Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s standards for college readiness and English language, visual and performing arts and social studies were updated in 2015, 2017 and this year, respectively, Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Brown said they all have references to teaching media literacy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"zone-el-4\" class=\"zone-el\"><\/div>\n<p>For example, as part of U.S. government standards, there is one standard calls for students learning about the roles of the media, political parties and interest groups and how they shape public opinion and the agendas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia literacy is taught through multi-disciplines and therefore is included in multiple sets of standards,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>But Rose said what is being taught now isn\u2019t adequate as times have changed and as social media has become more prevalent. He added there needs to be education on fact-checking what is read on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not adequate and it doesn\u2019t touch the issue at all. It doesn\u2019t even scratch the surface,\u201d Rose said. \u201cTo say we\u2019re doing this in social studies, it isn\u2019t happening on the scale it needs to happen on. The bill is meant to start the discussion as we look at public education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker said there\u2019s a need for increased media literacy education for young people and adults.<\/p>\n<div id=\"zone-el-5\" class=\"zone-el\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not getting the full story. If they\u2019re following the news on Twitter or Instagram, they\u2019re going to get a headline. They\u2019re going to base their decisions on what could be an incomplete bit of information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC students need better instruction on spotting bias, &lsquo;fake news&rsquo;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24712,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707\/revisions\/24712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}