Critical Thinking on LIVING SMART with Patricia Gras

Garth Jowett PhD. is a professor at the University of Houstons school of Communications. His areas of research and teaching include:
the history of communications and popular culture, propaganda studies, and the role of media in modern society. In Living Smart he discusses how to develop critical thinking skills, In an age of so much information, How do we learn to analyze messages and detect propaganda, censorship and bias in programming? How do we have a frank conversation about the truth. Professor Jowett shows us how to develop critical thinking skills.

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Entertainment

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• Media Literacy
• Critical Thinking
• Garth Jowett PhD.
• History of Communications
• Popular Culture
• Propaganda Studies
• Media
• Film Studies
• Mass Communications
• Propaganda and Persuasion

[iversonmatthew]

Great video!! Earned my sub and fav :) Thanks!

[neomooooo]

@TheCarolynMusic You bring up a good point, but he is I believe referring to "Primary" sources of information, such as news stations and news publications. Facebook is a secondary source of information, since it contains information various primary sources. However, none of that information is attributable to Facebook, which is what makes this distinction necessary.

[TheCarolynMusic]

He says it's good to expose ourselves to more than one source of information. Would Facebook be considered one source, or multiple sources? Facebook wall posts are where I get most of my information nowadays (people post the occasional CNN or FOX clip, but for the most part, the articles are outside mainstream media). Oh, and YouTube videos... not sure if YouTube is considered one source or multiple sources. I think it could be multiple--people from all over the world post videos. :D