Lillian Vega-Castaneda, Mario Castaneda

Teaching and Learning about Difference through Social Media

Reflection, Engagement, and Self-assessment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text explains attention to bias, fact, and explicit and implied messages in online discussions about difference and diversity to help readers sort through the often-unfiltered information on social media. Chapters include discussion questions, self-reflection and assessment activities, and suggestions for classroom engagement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780815376286
• ISBN-10: 0815376286
• Artikelnr.: 55101549

Autorenporträt

Lillian Vega-Castaneda is Professor of Multicultural/Multilingual Education at California State University Channel Islands, USA. Mario Castaneda is Associate Professor of Education and an Associate for the Latin American Studies Program at California State University Los Angeles, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. The advent of social media and the people who use it:
Introduction 2. Social media as the new "news" source and the distancing of
dialogue and treatment of difference 3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Contextualizing the dialogue on difference on social media 4. Racial
Intolerance & Social Media 5. Religious views and the treatment of others
on social media 6. Women and girls and social media 7. Hate, Violence,
Terrorism & Social Media 8. LBGTQ community and Social Media