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Students are tasked with following the weekly news and creating memes that convey the most important bits of different stories. Of course, the memes need to be funny and catchy.

We no longer live in a world of newspaper and television and radio broadcasts. Technological advances and the internet have fundamentally changed the way media are created and consumed. These lessons will take a closer look at new media and their future.

In this lesson, students will learn about how advances in technology and the rise of the internet gave rise to new media, the forms they take, and how they influence the way we create and consume information.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

In this lesson, students will start their own podcast and produce a mini episode.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

In this lesson, students will source data from a text and use it to create an infographic.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

In this lesson, students will delve into the world of multimedia journalism by analyzing and discussing examples.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

In this lesson, students will look into the rise of online video platforms like YouTube and more recently, TikTok, and the impact it had on the media landscape.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

In this final lesson, students will reflect on what they have learned in this module and imagine the future of new media.

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PLEASE NOTE!

New media consists of 6 lessons, but only "New media 1: What is new media?" and New media 6: The future" are compulsory. The 4 production lessons, in which students create their own new media, are fun and informative, but not all of them have to be done.

This interactive lesson has students learning to critically engage with media in different countries by exploring how they cover specific issues. They present, compare, and contrast their findings to gain a deeper understanding of the ways different perspectives can influence reporting.