Real News: Using Comics to Combat Misinformation in the Digital Age
Information is currency, and those who control it control the worldwide narrative. Navigating the treacherous waters of the media is difficult with 24 hour partisan news agencies, memes, “fake news,” social media, and citizen journalism. Fortunately, there are a number of graphic novels out there can can help illustrate the reality of fact versus spin. Books like The Influencing Machine by Gladstone and Neufeld, Journalism by Sacco, Real Fake by the CISA, and Rolling Blackouts by Glidden are just a sample of the great texts that can help to shine a light on the truth. This conversation with creators, publishers, educators, and media professionals will help guide readers on how to step away from the screens and filter the information they absorb.
The panel participants are:
Illya Kowalchuk (Moderator) - Former Director of Education for Pop Culture Classroom, classroom teacher in Boulder, CO
Heidi MacDonald - Editor in Chief at The Comics Beat
Ethan Sacks - Journalist for NBC and author of The COVID Chronicles graphic novel
Tony Weaver - Founder of Weird Enough Productions and author of The Uncommons comic series
Farid Haque - Founder of Erly Stage Studios and story author of the Real Fake graphic novel
Michael Gianfrancesco - Secondary ed ELA teacher, adjunct professor of English, co-founder of LitX, and scriptwriter of the Real Fake graphic novel
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