Responsible News Consumption in the Digital Age: Strategies for Citizens of Post-Soviet States
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
Course Summary
This course teaches responsible news consumption in the digital age, covering topics such as media literacy, fact-checking, and bias detection. Students will gain practical skills to critically analyze news sources and make informed decisions about what information to trust.Key Learning Points
- Learn how to identify credible news sources and evaluate their reliability
- Discover common biases and how they can affect news reporting
- Develop practical skills for fact-checking and verifying information
Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have
- USA: $45,000 - $75,000
- India: INR 3,00,000 - INR 7,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €35,000
- USA: $45,000 - $75,000
- India: INR 3,00,000 - INR 7,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €35,000
- USA: $55,000 - $85,000
- India: INR 4,50,000 - INR 8,50,000
- Spain: €30,000 - €40,000
- USA: $45,000 - $75,000
- India: INR 3,00,000 - INR 7,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €35,000
- USA: $55,000 - $85,000
- India: INR 4,50,000 - INR 8,50,000
- Spain: €30,000 - €40,000
- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- India: INR 3,50,000 - INR 6,50,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €35,000
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate news sources
- Understand the impact of bias on news reporting
- Gain practical skills for fact-checking and verifying information
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- None
- Basic English language proficiency
Course Difficulty Level
BeginnerCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
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- Media Ethics
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Description
In the idea of responsible consumption, a driven force is the maturity of consumers and their responsibility to preserve the planet's ecosystem. Our course proposes you a concept of responsible news consumption that puts the integrity of the information ecosystem of civil society at the forefront. In this ecosystem, each participant - a citizen - realizes not only the importance of receiving reliable information for making decisions and taking actions but also the responsibility to members of his or her large and small communities for the credibility of information shared with them.
Knowledge
- distinguish verified journalistic reports from similar information products like ads, propaganda, or entertainment
- determine the degree of reliability of the news by analyzing its structure, presentation, evidence, sources and language
Outline
- Responsible news consumption as the basis for the development of civil society
- Introducing to Responsible News Consumption in the Digital Age
- What does a modern person need responsible news consumption for and why is it important in the Digital Age
- Power of information and how it influences at our lives today
- What is the essence of news and what does journalism have to do with it?
- Who determines our news agenda in the Digital Age
- The Manifesto of the Viral Editor
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- The essence of news and principles of responsible news consumption
- News in post-soviet realm
- Why post-soviet media landscape is different
- Reporting function of news against propaganding function of ideology
- News in oral culture vs news in written culture
- Deficiency of dialog (structural problems of public sphere in post-soviet world)
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- News in different cultures and media landscapes
- Journalistic verification: how it works
- News and information products similar to it
- Journalistic verification: in pursuit of the truth
- Follow the verification: evidence, context and transparency
- Follow the verification: evaluating sources
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- Principles of journalism & signs of provisional truth
- Between fairness and balance
- What is fair and balanced news coverage
- Bias of news media and bias of audience
- Political economy of post-soviet state-driven media space
- News reporting vs opinion journalism: how not to get confused
- Parsing of news report
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- All the tools for thoughtful parsing the news
- Fake news and post-truth as alternative vision of news
- Post-truth politics
- Fake news and misinformation in news culture
- Fake news as a part of the networked media consumption
- Fake news: models of solving the problem
- Future of media consuming
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- Alternative vision of news & future of media
- Responsible News Consumption Basics
Summary of User Reviews
Find out what learners think about the Responsible News Consumption in the Digital Age course from Coursera. Discover its pros and cons before signing up for it.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
The course provides practical tips on how to consume news in a responsible and critical way.Pros from User Reviews
- The course is well-structured and easy to follow.
- The instructors are knowledgeable and engaging.
- The course content is relevant and up-to-date.
- The course offers interactive quizzes and exercises to reinforce learning.
Cons from User Reviews
- The course may be too basic for some learners.
- The course does not cover all aspects of responsible news consumption.
- The course may not be suitable for learners who are already well-versed in media literacy.
- The course may require more time and effort than expected.
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