Overview

This edited volume offers a resource for instructors who are interested in developing innovative and effective teaching practices at the intersection of critical media and information literacy and civic engagement. Responding to increasingly complex media environments and myriad crises in our democratic systems, this book foregrounds the importance of teaching students media and information literacy skills to prepare them for a life of active citizenship. Using a series of case studies, this book shows how media and information literacy can be interwoven with course design, instruction, and assessment, all in service of civic learning. The contributions provide models that are useful for faculty and teaching staff across a wide range of disciplines and fields of study, including interdisciplinary and co-curricular projects. Readers can draw from these examples in part or in whole to advance their own pedagogical goals and, at the same time, draw on the broader lessons of engaged pedagogy offered by the editors and featured contributors. Readers are encouraged to engage and to reengage the text, focusing their attention on strategies that help address their specific needs when building these skills into their teaching practices. This volume is ideal for college and university educators who are looking to integrate civic and information literacies into their undergraduate teaching, as well as graduate students preparing for careers that include postsecondary teaching.

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Author:   Meghan Grosse ,  Sara Clarke-De Reza
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781041044963

ISBN 10:   1041044968
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   15 June 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Foreword Patrick D. Nugent Introduction: Citizenship, Media and Information Literacy, and the College Laboratory Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza Part 1: Searching with Intention 1. A Very Modern Turing Test: AI in the Classroom Cori Lynn Arnold 2. Challenging Authority: Investigating the Origins of Online Content Kelly Banyas and Andrea Boothby Rice 3. Beyond the Profit Motive: Encouraging a Civic Mindset in Corporate Social Responsibility Caddie Putnam Rankin 4. Designing Districts: A Computer Programming Assignment Exploring Gerrymandering Shaun David Ramsey 5. Crime Data in the Social World Rachel Durso 6. Expanding Search to Produce Accessible Public Syllabi Meghan Grosse Part 2: Integrating Varied Perspectives 7. Understanding Scientific Knowledge Processes through Forensics Suzanne Thuecks 8. Business Information Communicated Through Stories Lynne Meis 9. Exploring Authority in Educational Research: Podcasts and Audience Experience Sara Clarke-De Reza 10. Critical Organizational Literacy: Teaching Work Identity as Civic Practice Michael Harvey 11. Designing Advocacy: Teaching Human Rights and Social Justice Christine J. Wade 12. Plants and Poetry: Collaboratively Creating a Chaucer Garden Courtney E. Rydel, Sparrow Hall, Melinda Kern, and Logan Monteleone Part 3: Investigating Complex Issues 13. Reading 21st Century Literacy Effectively and Responsibly Erin M. Counihan and Raven Bishop 14. Literacy in Stasis: Renewing Rhetorical Engagement Sean Ross Meehan 15. Mathematics of Voting, Sharing, and Fairness Gabe Feinberg 16. Conducting Campus Research in a Social Science Methods Course Meghan Grosse and Sara Clarke-De Reza 17. The Role of Information Literacy in Community-Based Environmental Internships Beth Choate, Laura Chamberlin, and Valerie Imbruce 18. Community Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborative Research as Civic Practice Sara Clarke-De Reza, Caddie Putnam Rankin, and Patrick D. Nugent Part 4: Communicating for Civic Impact 19. Building Visual and Data Literacy Through the Critique and Creation of Infographics Erin K. Anderson, Raven Bishop, and Nancy Cross 20. Simulating Political Campaigns in a Polarized World Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr. 21. Zines as Critical Response to the Carceral State: A Scaffolded Pedagogical Approach to Critical Information Literacy and Visual Communication Emily Steinmetz and Raven 22. Fostering Community Engagement through Place-Based Digital Storytelling Stephanie Brown 23. Engaging Community Members in Environmental Communication Jillian Bible Afterword Kiho Kim Index

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Meghan Grosse is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and co-director of the Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning. She teaches courses in theory and research methods of communication, media and politics, and political economy of communication. Her research focuses on the history of internet governance policy, independent and alternative media, critical information literacy, and digital pedagogy. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sara Clarke-De Reza is an Associate Professor and Chair of Education at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and co-director of the Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning. She teaches courses in the historical and cultural foundations of American education, educational psychology, and educational research and design. Her research explores teaching, learning, and collaborative design at the intersection of formal and informal learning environments, like schools and museums. She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of New Hampshire.

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