Media and Information Literacy as Civic Practice Lessons from the College Classroom

List of Contributors

Foreword

Patrick D. Nugent

Introduction: Citizenship, Media and Information Literacy, and the College Laboratory 

Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza

Part 1: Searching with Intention

1.      A Very Modern Turing Test: AI in the Classroom

Cori Lynn Arnold

2.      Challenging Authority: Investigating the Origins of Online Content

Kelly Banyas and Andrea Boothby Rice  

3.      Beyond the Profit Motive: Encouraging a Civic Mindset in Corporate Social Responsibility 

Caddie Putnam Rankin

4.      Designing Districts: A Computer Programming Assignment Exploring Gerrymandering 

Shaun David Ramsey 

5.      Crime Data in the Social World

Rachel M. Durso 

6.      Expanding Search to Produce Accessible Public Syllabi 

Meghan Grosse

Part 2: Integrating Varied Perspectives

7.      Understanding Scientific Knowledge Processes through Forensics

Suzanne Thuecks

8.      Crafting Data-Informed Business Narratives

Lynne Meis

9.      Exploring Authority in Educational Research: Podcasts and Audience Experience

Sara Clarke-De Reza

10.  Critical Organizational Literacy: Teaching Work Identity as Civic Practice

Michael Harvey

11.  Designing Advocacy: Teaching Human Rights and Social Justice

Christine J. Wade

12.  Plants and Poetry: Collaboratively Creating a Chaucer Garden 

Courtney E. Rydel, Sparrow Hall, Melinda Kern, and Logan Monteleone

Part 3: Investigating Complex Issues

13.  Developing 21st-Century Literacy Effectively and Responsibly 

Erin M. Counihan and Raven Bishop

14.  Literacy in Stasis: Renewing Rhetorical Engagement

Sean Ross Meehan

15.  Mathematics of Voting, Sharing, and Fairness

Gabe Feinberg

16.  Conducting Campus Research in a Social Science Methods Course

Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza

17.  The Role of Information Literacy in Environmental Internships 

Beth Choate, Laura Chamberlin, and Valerie Imbruce  

18.  Community Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborative Research as Civic Practice

Sara Clarke-De Reza, Caddie Putnam Rankin, and Patrick D. Nugent

Part 4: Communicating for Civic Impact

19.  Building Visual and Data Literacy through the Critique and Creation of Infographics 

Erin K. Anderson, Raven Bishop, and Nancy Cross

20.  Simulating Political Campaigns in a Polarized World

Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr.

21.  Zines as Critical Response to the Carceral State: A Scaffolded Approach to Critical Information Literacy and Visual Communication

Emily Steinmetz and Raven Bishop

22.  Fostering Community Engagement through Place-Based Digital Storytelling

Stephanie Brown

23.  Engaging Community Members in Environmental Communication

Jillian Bible

Afterword

Kiho Kim

Index

Biography

Meghan Grosse is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and co-director of the Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning. She teaches courses in theory and research methods of communication, media and politics, and political economy of communication. Her research focuses on the history of internet governance policy, independent and alternative media, critical information literacy, and digital pedagogy. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Sara Clarke-De Reza is an Associate Professor and Chair of Education at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and co-director of the Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning. She teaches courses in the historical and cultural foundations of American education, educational psychology, and educational research and design. Her research explores teaching, learning, and collaborative design at the intersection of formal and informal learning environments, like schools and museums. She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of New Hampshire.