Love this piece in USA Today: prepping K12 students to understand newsfeed bias is crucial & under-addressed. We have a full chapter on it in Gram & Gran—about a screwball amusement park that only has ring toss booths! (gramandgran.com if you’re curious about teaching media literacy to kids) #tlsky

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When we were in grad school, I recall that he in all sincerity wrote a seminar paper whose argument turned the "fact" that gay men cannot look at each other's faces when they have sex

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I really appreciate that articulation! I think “positionality” is probably the best container for the web of connections students made. To your point on Critical Theory, the next step is adding media (broadly defined) and finally ideology. I’m hoping they’ll be able to track the macro🔁micro dynamic.

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Oh, that'd be a worthwhile exercise! I might even have my students do that. Could you say more? My hope for the activity is that students will begin to understand we are all biased in particular ways for particular reasons. The key is to be aware of those biases when we consume/navigate media.

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