Learning & Teaching About Propaganda

From the Media Education Lab

You are invited to complete a short questionnaire designed to help researchers learn more about how people analyze contemporary propaganda.

STUDY TITLE: PROPAGANDA EDUCATION
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Renee Hobbs / Email: hobbs@uri.edu

KEY INFORMATION: The purpose of the study is to learn more about how people understand and evaluate some instructional practices of propaganda education. If you choose to participate, please complete a short online questionnaire that will take about 8 minutes to complete.

Participation in this study is voluntary. There are no risks or discomforts involved; you can skip questions, if you choose. The study will help researchers understand how the use of an online platform may build knowledge and skills in analyzing contemporary propaganda. Your participation may help improve the quality of online education in media literacy. You can access and download a full copy of the consent form by clicking here.

How do I consent to participate? Click "OK" to agree to participate in the study. If you choose not to participate, simply close your browser window.

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* 1. Which of the following best describes you? Check all that apply.

Learner or Student

Professor or Instructor

Teacher or School Staff

Librarian

Teacher Educator

Technology Specialist

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Is it important to learn about contemporary propaganda? Why or why not?

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* 3. What do you think are the biggest challenges to teaching about contemporary propaganda?

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* 4. Have you ever used the Mind Over Media website, a crowdsourced online gallery with over 2,500 contemporary propaganda Artifacts?

Yes

Not Sure

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* 5. Have you ever rated an Artifact at the Mind Over Media website?

Yes

Not Sure

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* 6. Have you ever uploaded an Artifact at the Mind Over Media Website?

Yes

Not sure

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* 7. Have you ever commented on an Artifact at the Mind Over Media Website?

Yes

Not sure

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* 8. Have you ever created a Custom Gallery of curated Artifacts at the Mind Over Media Website?

Yes

Not sure

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* 9. Rate your perception of the usefulness of these features of the Mind Over Media website:

	Highly useful	Somewhat useful	Less useful
access to thousands of Artifacts to review	access to thousands of Artifacts to review Highly useful	access to thousands of Artifacts to review Somewhat useful	access to thousands of Artifacts to review Less useful
any user can upload Artifacts	any user can upload Artifacts Highly useful	any user can upload Artifacts Somewhat useful	any user can upload Artifacts Less useful
any user can rate Artifacts	any user can rate Artifacts Highly useful	any user can rate Artifacts Somewhat useful	any user can rate Artifacts Less useful
any user can comment on Artifacts	any user can comment on Artifacts Highly useful	any user can comment on Artifacts Somewhat useful	any user can comment on Artifacts Less useful
users can view Artifacts from many different countries	users can view Artifacts from many different countries Highly useful	users can view Artifacts from many different countries Somewhat useful	users can view Artifacts from many different countries Less useful
users can search for Artifacts by keywords or countries	users can search for Artifacts by keywords or countries Highly useful	users can search for Artifacts by keywords or countries Somewhat useful	users can search for Artifacts by keywords or countries Less useful
lesson plans and teaching ideas are available	lesson plans and teaching ideas are available Highly useful	lesson plans and teaching ideas are available Somewhat useful	lesson plans and teaching ideas are available Less useful
teachers can create curated Custom Galleries	teachers can create curated Custom Galleries Highly useful	teachers can create curated Custom Galleries Somewhat useful	teachers can create curated Custom Galleries Less useful
availability of multilingual access and translations	availability of multilingual access and translations Highly useful	availability of multilingual access and translations Somewhat useful	availability of multilingual access and translations Less useful

What other features would be useful to you?

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* 10. What else would help you advance your knowledge of contemporary propaganda?

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* 11. How likely is it that you would recommend Mind Over Media to a friend or colleague?

NOT AT ALL LIKELY

EXTREMELY LIKELY

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* 12. How likely would you be to attend a workshop or participate in an online training program on contemporary propaganda?

Thanks for completing our survey!