Renee Hobbs discusses the regulation of platforms like Google and Facebook in a discussion with faculty and students at the University of Mainz.

1. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
University of Rhode Island USA
Twitter: @reneehobbs
News Literacy as an
Alternative to Stricter Laws?
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Institute of Journalism
Frankfurt, November 20, 2017

2.  What is the problem re: platforms, information, persuasion, propaganda,
hate speech & democracy?
 What technological solutions are feasible?
 What forms of regulation of platforms are feasible?
 What are the strengths and limitations of potential technological and
regulatory approaches?
 What is news media literacy?
 Who acquires these competencies? How are they learned? How is it
taught to adolescents? How is it taught to teachers? How is it taught to
adults?
 What are ‘best practices’ in the field? What approaches are less effective?
 Can news literacy education be successful in Germany? Why or why not?
 Is news literacy an alternative to regulation? Why or why not?
Topics for Discussion

3. Further Reading
Hobbs, R. (2010).
News Literacy: What Works and What Doesn’t. Paper presentation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication (AEJMC) conference, Denver, Colorado, August 7, 2010.
Hobbs, R. (2011).
Connecting Kids with News in their Community. Nieman Reports.
News Literacy: What Not to Do. Nieman Reports.
Martens. H. & Hobbs, R. (2015).
How Media Literacy Supports Civic Engagement in a Digital Age. Atlantic Journal of Communication 23,120 - 137.
Hobbs, R. (2015).
Mapping the Fields: News, Media and Civic Literacy. Paper presentation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication (AEJMC) conference, San Francisco, CA. August 7, 2015.
Hobbs, R. (2017).
Teaching and Learning in Post-Truth World. Educational Leadership,75(3), 26 - 31.

4. CONTACT INFORMATION:
Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
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