Proposed session topic for PubCamp

[Eva Schweber]

How important are critical thinking skills in a decreasingly objective media stream. When Daniel Schorr set up his Twitter account, I asked him what he thought we were losing in the shift to social media.  His answer, in short, was editing.  The burden of fact-checking has shifted from the journalist (amateur or professional) to the recipient.  Unfortunately, teaching critical thinking skills has gotten lost with an ever-increasing emphasis on standardized testing.  What are the implications of a no-holds-barred media stream?  Does objectivity matter?

Eva Schweber
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