Separating news from noise

Our spring 2023 season begins with an examination of the role that news consumption plays in our democracy and how news consumers can focus their attention on information that leads to productive democratic citizenship.

Episode 235 of the Democracy Works podcast, hosted by Matt Jordan, Leah Dajches, Candis Watts Smith, Jenna Spinelle, Chris Beem, titled "Separating news from noise" was published on January 23, 2023 and runs 46 minutes.

January 23, 2023 ·46m · Democracy Works

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Summary

Our spring 2023 season begins with an examination of the role that news consumption plays in our democracy and how news consumers can focus their attention on information that leads to productive democratic citizenship.

Episode Description

How much news is too much? Or not enough? News Over Noise, the new podcast from Penn State's News Literacy Initiative explores that question and offers guidance on how to consume news that enhances your participation in our democracy without becoming overwhelmed by all the noise on social media and the 24/7 news cycle.

News Over Noise co-hosts Matt Jordan and Leah Dajches join us this week to discuss how the news impacts our mental health, the future of media literacy education, and more. Jordan is a professor of media studies Dajches is a post-doctoral researcher, both in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State.

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News Literacy Week- January 23-27, 2023

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