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Agents of Influence Spy Game Educates Middle Schoolers About Misinformation

September 20, 2021 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 20, 2021 Launching on 9/21/21, autumn solstice, Agents of Influence kicks off new beginnings in edu gaming to combat misinformation. For over a year their team has stealthily brainstormed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Literacy, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #Tech4good, Agents of Influence, Alterea, Anahita Dalmia, edtech, Educational games, edugames, Games for Change, gaming for good, I Spy an Edu Game, informal-learning, Interactive Games, Jasper McEvoy, media-literacy, middle school edu games, Middle school misinformation modules, misinformation, Misinformation Games, storytelling through gaming, Teaching with gaming

What I Learned From Maya Angelou’s Mark Twain Media Moment

October 4, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 28, 2014 Update Sadly, this time it is true. Dr. Maya Angelou has died at age 86. Original Post: Oct. 4 2009 "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" is a Mark Twain classic, which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 2009 Women's Health Conference, accountability, Age of Conversation2, Age-of-Conversation, AOC Authors, AOC3, Chris Brogan, citizen-journalism, crowd-powered, crowdsourcing, Digital, digital citizenship, Digizens, duped, fact checking, fake, false alarm, False reports, feeling good in tough times, gossip, hospital report false, Hospitalization, I know why the caged bird sings, illness, influencers, journalism, Journalist Express, Kids, living legends, mainstream media, Mark Twain, maya angelou, media awareness, media-literacy, misinformation, MSM, NAMLE, NBC Bay Area, new media, News media, NowPublic, octagenarian, PEJ, Pew Research, Phony, poetry, Rumors, social responsibility, TMZ, trending topics, Truemors, Trust Agents, Tweets, Twitter, wellness, womens health

Media, Misinformation and Unhealthy Spin

August 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

August 14, 2009 I'm very thankful that Shaping Youth Nutrition Correspondent Rebecca Scritchfield, RD takes the helm today with her piece "The Price of Misinformation in Media," as I’m trying to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: ACSM, activity, ADA, appetite, children, Critical-thinking-skills, diabetes, dietician, disease, elite nutrition, exercise, expert, FDA, fitness, food labeling, food marketing, GMA, health, Health News Review, healthGAMERS, Johns Hopkins, journalists, junk science, junk-food, Kids, label lingo, lifestyle nutritionists, media awareness, media-literacy, mindfulness, misinformation, Myth of Exercise, nutrition news, nutritionist, obesity, overweight, preteen, RD, sedentary, sports nutrition, talking heads, teens, Time, Time magazine, trained, uncredentialed, wellness

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