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Welcome to Understanding Media: Facts, Authority, and What We Believe!

At the end of this four week course, you will have a better understanding of media and the messages we absorb on a daily basis. Complete course content at your own pace and join us each week for discussions on what we've learned! Visit the Welcome! forum to introduce yourself and learn more about your classmates.

Unfamiliar with media literacy? Start with Module 0: Getting Started/What is Media Literacy? If you'd like to learn more about the course and its objectives, check out the Course Information page.

This course offers support to English and Spanish-speaking students through bilingual discussion boards. Students may post discussion board responses in English or Spanish, but please note that other course materials (videos, assessments, and modules) are only available in English.

Este curso apoya a los estudiantes bilingües (Inglés-Español) a través de los foros de discusión. Los que así prefieran, pueden comentar en estos foros en Español.  Sin embargo, tenga en cuenta que los otros materiales del curso (videos, evaluaciones y módulos) sólo están disponibles en Inglés.

Images:

"media Links to an external site." by Russell Davies, licensed by CC BY-NC 2.0 Links to an external site.
"brain Links to an external site." by Dierk Schaefer, licensed by CC BY 2.0 Links to an external site.
"Authority Links to an external site." by Michael Coghlan, licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0 Links to an external site.
"Information Links to an external site." by Rosalyn Davis, licensed by CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Links to an external site.
"some creative suggestions from the mainstream media? Links to an external site." by Lance Robotson, licensed by CC BY-NC 2.0 Links to an external site.