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Daily News Lesson September 13 2024

Social media’s role in fueling extremism and misinformation

Discuss changes in media platforms can affect the ways people process news
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Daily Video November 01 2017

Using media literacy with students to discuss New York City terror attack
In this PBS lesson, teachers use media literacy with their students to discuss New York City's deadliest terror attack since 9/11.
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Daily Video September 08 2016

How one violent extremist decided to change course
In 2012, Jesse Morton, a young man born and raised in in the U.S., was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in running a pro-jihadist website. The site inspired a number of terrorist plots, according to the FBI.
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Daily Video June 16 2016

How the U.S. combats violent extremism and propaganda
Recent acts of violence committed by extremists who were radicalized while living in the United States have raised concerns over the threat of home-grown terrorism.

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