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Bob Van OosterhoutClinical Psychologist / retired professor & Community Organizer.   The focus in my work over the past fifty years has been in exploring the essential components of a healthy and fulfilling life and how to help others understand and incorporate them into their daily lives.  I have 48 years experience in counseling, 40 years teaching at the college level (18 online), and nine years developing and facilitating a participant managed empowerment program for people in poverty.    After Brexit and the U.S. elections in 2016, which followed similar paths taken by Poland, Hungary, and Turkey, I was deeply concerned about the direction that democratic states appeared to be heading. I identified three factors which appeared to be influencing this shift: (1) the increasing effectiveness of the use of fear and divisiveness as a political tactics; (2) a decreasing lack of respect for truth and (3) increasing inability for people with different beliefs to engage in respectful and intelligent conversation.  I focused on developing simple tools and resources so average citizens can identify and confront fear based thinking, restore respect for truth, and work together to understand and address the problems and opportunities we face. I called this effort “Bring Truth to Fear” (www.bringtruthtofear.org)               I am writing a series of books on the Essentials of Mental Health.  The first, Understanding Fear is outlined on my website.  I’m interested in exploring how social and emotional factors influence media literacy, particularly the use of fear and belonging.  My work involves developing tools to help students and adults understand how media uses emotion, especially fear, and our need for belonging to influence people’s thinking and world views.

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Bob Van OosterhoutClinical Psychologist / retired professor & Community Organizer.   The focus in my work over the past fifty years has been in exploring the essential components of a healthy and fulfilling life and how to help others understand and incorporate them into their daily lives.  I have 48 years experience in counseling, 40 years teaching at the college level (18 online), and nine years developing and facilitating a participant managed empowerment program for people in poverty.    After Brexit and the U.S. elections in 2016, which followed similar paths taken by Poland, Hungary, and Turkey, I was deeply concerned about the direction that democratic states appeared to be heading. I identified three factors which appeared to be influencing this shift: (1) the increasing effectiveness of the use of fear and divisiveness as a political tactics; (2) a decreasing lack of respect for truth and (3) increasing inability for people with different beliefs to engage in respectful and intelligent conversation.  I focused on developing simple tools and resources so average citizens can identify and confront fear based thinking, restore respect for truth, and work together to understand and address the problems and opportunities we face. I called this effort “Bring Truth to Fear” (www.bringtruthtofear.org)               I am writing a series of books on the Essentials of Mental Health.  The first, Understanding Fear is outlined on my website.  I’m interested in exploring how social and emotional factors influence media literacy, particularly the use of fear and belonging.  My work involves developing tools to help students and adults understand how media uses emotion, especially fear, and our need for belonging to influence people’s thinking and world views.

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Hello! I'm wearing two hats here: One, as a Professor of Secondary Education at Western Washington University where I teach Secondary Literacy Methods. The other hat is as the Director of the Bellingham Youth Media Project, a non-profit that works with K-12 teachers to help students share their stories through media. I'm always on the lookout for a good partnership! :)

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I am a high school audio video teacher in Texas. @philipgoetz on twitter and instagram. Looking to collaborate on building high school student voice.

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above: feel free to share a digital artifact (file, link, image, etc.) that shows us, what you're currently interested in, an example of propaganda that got you thinking or simply something fun that will help us remember you.

My background: Please tell us more about your affiliation, your role (e.g. school teacher, teacher in higher education, librarian, etc.) and other background info, you'd like to share.

Thoughts about & previous experience in Media Literacy Education (MLE): Why does MLE matter to you? How have you brought it to your classroom so far? Which benefits and/or challenges did you encounter? Please choose one or more questions depending on what's most relevant to you.

What I'd like to work on with a partner: Here's room for your ideas. Do you have a project related to MLE/propaganda in mind that you'd like to develop further with a partner? What would you like to contribute to, but also to gain from your collaboration?

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Data Detox x Youth Tuesday, November 16

18:00 CET / 12:00 PM EST

Daisy Kidd
Tactical Tech

MEDIALOGUE MEDIA PROPAGANDA ON An Online Learning Community for Educators

Be Part of It

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investigates how digital technologies change society and how they impact individual autonomy and agency. Learn about some practical strategies to engage youth as civil society actors and engaged citizens.

Our presenter will showcase lessons from the DATA DETOX X YOUTH activity book, which helps young people take control of their technology. This interactive toolkit encourages young people to think about different aspects of their digital lives, from their social media profiles to their passwords, with simple activities for reflection and play.

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Access the curriculum in ENGLISH Access the curriculum in DEUTSCH Other languages also available
Daisy Kidd is currently Project Lead of the What the Future Wants
Project at Tactical Tech , an international NGO based in Berlin that
educates the public on the cultural, political and social role of
technology. The What the Future Wants project is Tactical Tech's youth initiative, using a mix of education, culture and co-development to bring young people into the conversation about digital issues and critical data literacy. Prior to working at Tactical Tech, Daisy worked in a non-profit book publishers, and before that she studied Contemporary Art History at Manchester School Art, focusing specifically on the social impact of art studios and spaces on urban environments.

Medialogues on Propaganda is a year-long Professional Learning Community for German and American educators and teacher educators, developed by Renee Hobbs (University of Rhode Island USA) and Silke Grafe (University of Würzburg, Germany). In the Fall/WInter of 2021, educators and teacher educators will gather for online dialogue. We will build meaningful relationships built on respect and trust. In this co-learning community, everyone learns from everyone.

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Data Detox x Youth | Medialogues: German & American Collaboration

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In this webinar, we learn about instructional strategies for helping young people have meaningful learning about artificial intelligence, privacy, identity and surveillance, with Daisy Kidd from Tactical Tech, a Berlin-based international NGO that investigates how digital technologies change society and how they impact individual autonomy and agency.

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Hello! I am an assistant professor of adolescent and digital literacies at Sonoma State University in Northern California, US. I teach preservice teachers in secondary English Education and educators from a broad background in ed tech (including courses specifically about media/information literacy), as well as literacy K-12.

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Doctoral student @ UCLA (Dissertation on media lit). Tech coordinator at Los Angeles County Office of Education, PT EdTech instructor at National U. @scotthmoss

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Rosemary SmithManaging Director – Getting Better FoundationImpact Managing Director - Getting Better Foundation, Impact Producer – “Trust Me” award-winning documentary. Along with Getting Better’s Founder & CEO, Joe Phelps, Rosemary believes it’s a great time to be alive, although not everyone believes that to be the case. Could media “ill-literacy” be part of the dilemma affecting mental well-being, polarization of communities, racism, anxiety, depression, and suicidology?  The Foundation’s mission of building trust through the truth about the positive evolution of human progress supports media literacy education and has produced the award-winning documentary “Trust Me” to bring awareness of what may be the most important topic of our time.  Rosemary was Vice President & National Sales Manager for Eagle Radio Group, headquartered in Northern Michigan.  She did everything from copywriting to advertising sales & community involvement, while managing sales and creative staff.  Rosemary and her husband, Kent built their media group from the ground up, including radio towers, buildings and talent.  In one of the worst economic downturns the state of Michigan ever faced, Eagle Radio became the “go-to” for listeners and media clients in dozens of markets.  They were named “The Voice” of Northern Michigan for their award-winning morning shows in each of the markets they served. Their motto of “take care of our communities and they’ll take care of us” set the bar for service above self. In 2018, the Smiths sold their group of radio stations, relocating to Montana to be closer to their 4 adult children. That’s where Rosemary met Joe Phelps, founder, and CEO of the Getting Better Foundation.  Realizing their missions were closely aligned, Rosemary came on board as Managing Director for the foundation, whose mission is to “Build trust through truth about the positive evolution of human behavior”.  Rosemary cemented the foundation’s world class advisory board of scientists, psychologists, neuro-economists, journalists, and media literacy specialists.  She recruited Hollywood talent to direct and produce the multi award winning feature documentary, “Trust Me” and is spearheading it’s global distribution.  Rosemary’s passion for making things better for everyone she meets and the environment she loves makes her a perfect fit for the Foundation.  Her research, writing, networking and communication skills are assets used to drive the documentary project forward and bring others onboard. 

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Rosemary SmithManaging Director – Getting Better FoundationImpact Managing Director - Getting Better Foundation, Impact Producer – “Trust Me” award-winning documentary. Along with Getting Better’s Founder & CEO, Joe Phelps, Rosemary believes it’s a great time to be alive, although not everyone believes that to be the case. Could media “ill-literacy” be part of the dilemma affecting mental well-being, polarization of communities, racism, anxiety, depression, and suicidology?  The Foundation’s mission of building trust through the truth about the positive evolution of human progress supports media literacy education and has produced the award-winning documentary “Trust Me” to bring awareness of what may be the most important topic of our time.  Rosemary was Vice President & National Sales Manager for Eagle Radio Group, headquartered in Northern Michigan.  She did everything from copywriting to advertising sales & community involvement, while managing sales and creative staff.  Rosemary and her husband, Kent built their media group from the ground up, including radio towers, buildings and talent.  In one of the worst economic downturns the state of Michigan ever faced, Eagle Radio became the “go-to” for listeners and media clients in dozens of markets.  They were named “The Voice” of Northern Michigan for their award-winning morning shows in each of the markets they served. Their motto of “take care of our communities and they’ll take care of us” set the bar for service above self. In 2018, the Smiths sold their group of radio stations, relocating to Montana to be closer to their 4 adult children. That’s where Rosemary met Joe Phelps, founder, and CEO of the Getting Better Foundation.  Realizing their missions were closely aligned, Rosemary came on board as Managing Director for the foundation, whose mission is to “Build trust through truth about the positive evolution of human behavior”.  Rosemary cemented the foundation’s world class advisory board of scientists, psychologists, neuro-economists, journalists, and media literacy specialists.  She recruited Hollywood talent to direct and produce the multi award winning feature documentary, “Trust Me” and is spearheading it’s global distribution.  Rosemary’s passion for making things better for everyone she meets and the environment she loves makes her a perfect fit for the Foundation.  Her research, writing, networking and communication skills are assets used to drive the documentary project forward and bring others onboard. 