Additionally, the school plan declares its commitment to “diversity, collateral, inclusion, and antiracism.”
A summer course titled” Persuasion and Propaganda” by The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University is now available that claims to teach young great and senior high school students about “fake information.”
According to the course outline, the group will investigate modern forms of advertising, including “bot-generated tweets, mudslinging social ads, misleading advertisements, and fact-distorting TV reports reports.”
How can we tell what is “fake media” without keeping an objective distance from recent events and using ever more subtle methods to influence opinions? it states.
The course is marketed as “advanced” for learners in ninth through 12th grades. One of the many high school courses that the secret school offers as part of its On-Campus Summer Programs is this.
The Center for Talented Youth did not respond to The Fix’s inquiries about the program and the name, and the course outline did not define “fake information.” The core immediately responded to The Fix by promising to follow up, but neither the first email nor a second opinion demand were received.
The course aims to help students “develop linguistic strategies needed to query and dissect conflicting messages while learning to identify weak premises and become critical media consumers.”
The kids will then” create and deliver ] their own convincing arguments in written works, oral lectures, short films, and open speeches.”
DePauw University Professor Jeffrey McCall told The Fix in a new message that the word “fake media” is used by people on the left and right, occasionally to criticize media bias and other times to identify “news they don’t like” in a new meeting.
The communications teacher responded to questions about the school by saying that “fake news is generally accepted by most people.” However, there is some “news” that may be fake or misplaced when it is presented as “news”.”
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McCall claimed that it is beneficial to teach individuals how to interpret the information with discernment.
” Common news is content delivered properly and separately. He explained to The Fix that advertising is content delivered by effective interests in state or other businesses for personal or organizational gain.
According to him,” It really is a good idea to teach middle and high school students how to be careful consumers of news” and that” the public discourse has gotten stale due to citizen fears that they can’t get fair and accurate information.”
McCall attributed the public’s disdain to the media industry, noting that” too many writers want to be activists and thus mix facts and opinions.”
” This lack of professionalism in media has desented information customers, some of whom have become media bystanders and don’t follow the news at all. He claimed that this is very detrimental to the public discussion that is crucial to democracy.
The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins describes itself as” a centre for technology dedicated to advancing the area of brilliant education through our exploration on tests, courses, and other supports for academically advanced students.”
It offers courses on a variety of subjects, including history, science, math, and literature, for middle and high school students.
The Global Environment is a course that students will take this summer, including” The Global Environment,” where they will learn about “record-high temperatures, rising sea levels, massive wildfires, superstorms, and other environmental disasters” as well as the “draconian measures” that scientists believe are necessary to stop them.
Students in another course,” Great Cases: American Legal History,” are asked to consider” the role of race, ethnicity, class, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, or other relevant identities in shaping access to, and protection by, the legal system throughout U.S. history.”
The center’s website also mentions its “diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism,” as well as making sure these values are “interwoven throughout all aspects of curriculum and programming.”
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