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Course name
Media Literacy
Institution
Salem State University
Instructor
Cindy Vincent
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Communication
Course dates
2016-07-11 – 2016-08-19
Approximate number of student editors
10


In this course students will use a critical perspective to become informed consumers and creators of media texts–to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in print, electronic and digital formats. Issues discussed in class will address topics like the social impact of popular culture, influence of advertising on media content, mass media as a global industry, how to read the news, and media as a source of information and entertainment.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mogara01
Griffin725 Social network advertising Social network advertising
Agiardina
LoeAsh Social media
Oliviawholley93
Mansa1965
Kazan10
Jalisamharris Social media and television Social media and television
Paloma21692
SDagley
Jared Beckwith
Jbeck2213

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 11 July 2016   |   Tuesday, 12 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 13 July 2016   |   Thursday, 14 July 2016   |   Friday, 15 July 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Sunday, 17 July 2016   |   Monday, 18 July 2016   |   Tuesday, 19 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 20 July 2016   |   Thursday, 21 July 2016
Assignment - Learn the basics
  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

Course meetings
Sunday, 24 July 2016   |   Monday, 25 July 2016   |   Tuesday, 26 July 2016   |   Wednesday, 27 July 2016   |   Thursday, 28 July 2016
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 4

Course meetings
Sunday, 31 July 2016   |   Monday, 1 August 2016   |   Tuesday, 2 August 2016   |   Wednesday, 3 August 2016   |   Thursday, 4 August 2016
Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.