By taking these lessons to heart, you’ll be better able to interpret what else is happening beyond the mere act of turning on the TV or computer.
Media literacy lessons can be learned once, applied for a lifetime
China deploys hundreds of auditors to monitor religious activities online
The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of “auditors” across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups.
Mark Pattison: Media literacy helps ‘contain the fire hose’ of media bombardment
“Common Sense Media says the average teenager spends nine hours each day with entertainment media.”
Eye on media: Federal money will help Catholic, other schools narrow online homework gap
“The Federal Communications Commission established the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which will help schoolchildren with their virtual learning needs.”
Brett Robinson: ‘Moby-Dick’ and the online search for identity
“Psychologically speaking, the internet has become more than a tool for gathering information and connecting to other people; it has become an arena for working out one’s identity.”
Access to broadband may be one of the defining issues of our time
The coronavirus pandemic showed the yawning gaps in the U.S. digital infrastructure, as millions of students just faded away from their teachers’ virtual classrooms because they had no broadband access.
Pope calls on leaders, tech giants to protect children online
“Promoting Digital Child Dignity — From Concept to Action,” a Nov. 14-15 conference, brought together religious leaders, academics, policymakers and tech industry leaders from around the world to discuss ways to combat the exploitation of children online.
Strong net neutrality protections called critical to faith community
On Nov. 21, the current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission announced his proposal to roll back rules on neutrality put in place in 2015 by the Obama administration.