Guest lecture within the context of the Master’s program International Media Cultural Work, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 4.30 p.m., Mediencampus Dieburg/Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, lecture hall 14_08

by Prof. Dr. Renee Hobbs/Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

How to manage the huge volume of ever-changing information that is the nature of our global information ecosystem today? In this presentation, Prof. Hobbs talks about the core digital competencies that help people handle six different forms of "fake news.” Based on reflections of how social media platforms are transforming the concepts of authority and expertise, Renee Hobbs considers and debates short and long-term social and educational consequences.

Renee Hobbs is Professor of Communication Studies at the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. She is an internationally-recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. Through community and global service and as a researcher, teacher, advocate and media professional, Hobbs has worked to advance the quality of digital and media literacy education in the United States and around the world. She is Founder and Director of the Media Education Lab, whose mission is to improve the quality of media literacy education through research and community service. - In 2017, Create to Learn: An Introduction to Digital Literacy will be published by Wiley Blackwell.

With generous support of the U.S. General Consulate Frankfurt