U.S. Media Literacy Week Celebration

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 / Bellisario Media Center

A daylong celebration of the importance of media literacy was conducted on the Penn State campus Oct. 23, 2024. It was presented by the Penn State News Literacy Initiative in partnership with MediaWise, the National Association for Media Literacy Education and Poynter.

The celebration included three presentations — one each from organizations serving as the day's presenting sponsors. Recordings of those sessions are below.

A separate panel discussion with the days presenters is included below as well.

NAMLE Seminar
“Where Did You Hear That?: Exploring Our Information Sources” (Presenter: Elizabeth Ortiz)

NLP Seminar
“Prebunking Election Misinformation: Analyzing Patterns in Viral Falsehoods About the 2024 Presidential Race” (Presenter: Peter Adams)

MediaWise Seminar
"Stay MediaWise: Teen Fact-Checking Network's Strategies for Detecting and Stopping Misinformation" (Presenter: Sean Marcus)

Panel Discussion
Roundtable discussion with seminar presenters, moderated by Bellisario College faculty member Matt Jordan.