Digital Media Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Jae Sik Ha

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University of Illinois Springfield
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. 1: Trump Gamble in a Polluted Information Age
  8. 1.1: Post-Truth Politics and the AI-Driven Information Crisis
  9. 1.2: “The Most Unknowable Man” Speaks
  10. 1.3: “Trump Told 171 Lies in Three Days”
  11. 1.4: Post-Truth and the Trump Phenomenon
  12. 1.5: “The Brexit Nightmare”—Division and Hate
  13. 1.6: “Spread Fear of Immigrants”
  14. 1.7: Trump and “America First”
  15. 1.8: Greenland, Venezuela and Iran- Sovereignty Under Pressure
  16. 1.9: Will Trump’s Gamble Succeed to the End?
  17. 1.10: The Trump Era and Global Democracy
  18. 1.11: From Washington to the World- The Global Fallout of Post-Truth Politics
  19. 1.12: Chapter Summary and Transition
  20. 1.13: Discussion Prompts
  21. 1.14: Student Activities
  22. 1.15: References
  23. 2: The Illusion of Facebook- How a Platform Built for Connection Became a Catalyst for Chaos
  24. 2.1: Misinformation, Algorithmic Power, and the Crisis of Democratic Trust
  25. 2.2: The Successive Tragedies of Sandy Hook
  26. 2.3: YouTube and Facebook as Drivers of Social Change
  27. 2.4: Social Media as an Amplifier of Hate and Lies
  28. 2.5: Myanmar’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Tragedy
  29. 2.6: Bondi Beach Attack Tragedy
  30. 2.7: WhatsApp’s Fall into a “Death Note”
  31. 2.8: The Crisis Facing the Facebook Empire
  32. 2.9: “Facebook Is a Human Laboratory”
  33. 2.10: “Delete Facebook (#deletefacebook)”
  34. 2.11: “Don’t Poke the Bear, Muddy the Waters”
  35. 2.12: The Dream of Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg
  36. 2.13: The Darker Architecture of Social Media Ecosystem
  37. 2.14: Chapter Summary and Transition
  38. 2.15: Discussion Prompts
  39. 2.16: Student Activities
  40. 2.17: References
  41. 3: The Illusion of Human Rationality- Narcissism, Paranoia, and the Digital Mind
  42. 3.1: Why do falsehoods feel true?
  43. 3.2: The “Milk” Protest in New York
  44. 3.3: The Myth of “White Milk” Superiority
  45. 3.4: From Eugenics to Online Racism
  46. 3.5: “Racial Hierarchies” Online
  47. 3.6: Why We Are So Easily Deceived
  48. 3.7: The Digital Age’s “Fools”
  49. 3.8: Why Are We So Susceptible?
  50. 3.9: The Psychology of Digital Gullibility
  51. 3.10: Weaponized Misinformation
  52. 3.11: The New Psychology of Misinformation
  53. 3.12: Reclaiming Critical Thinking
  54. 3.13: Chapter Summary and Transition
  55. 3.14: Discussion Prompts
  56. 3.15: Student Activities
  57. 3.16: References
  58. 4: The Crisis of Journalism- Power, Truth, and the Erosion of Democracy
  59. 4.1: Why Journalism’s Crisis Matters Now
  60. 4.2: The Murdoch Family Shakes Australian Politics
  61. 4.3: Rupert Murdoch and the Anglosphere
  62. 4.4: Journalism’s Core Mission- The Pursuit of Truth
  63. 4.5: Media Bias and “Social-Media Journalism”
  64. 4.6: Julian Assange and the Ethics of “Leak Journalism”
  65. 4.7: The Struggle Between State Power and Journalism
  66. 4.8: Protecting Journalism — the Guardian of Truth
  67. 4.9: Journalism Under Intensifying Global Pressure
  68. 4.10: What This Chapter Means for Digital Media Literacy
  69. 4.11: Chapter Summary and Transition
  70. 4.12: Discussion Prompts
  71. 4.13: Student Activities
  72. 4.14: References
  73. 5: The Technology Trap- AI, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Architecture of Reality
  74. 5.1: From Surveillance to Simulation- Living in the Age of Programmable Reality
  75. 5.2: The “Tank Man” of Tiananmen Square
  76. 5.3: How Will AI Change the World and the Future?
  77. 5.4: The Eye of the Storm- Deepfakes, AI, and the Crisis of Democratic Trust
  78. 5.5: The “Big Brother” World Brought by AI
  79. 5.6: Techno-Spiritualism and AI Grief Tools- When Reality Meets the Sacred Illusion
  80. 5.7: Blurred Boundaries Between Fact, Fiction, and Simulation
  81. 5.8: AI, Truth, and the Fragility of the Information Environment
  82. 5.9: Our Information Environment, Democracy, and the Future
  83. 5.10: Chapter Summary and Transition
  84. 5.11: Discussion Prompts
  85. 5.12: Student Activities
  86. 5.13: References
  87. 6: Captured by the Feed- Digital Addiction and the Erosion of Attention
  88. 6.1: Living in the Grip of the Digital
  89. 6.2: Digital Addiction Without Substances
  90. 6.3: The Age of Digital Compulsion
  91. 6.4: Powerful Psychological Levers
  92. 6.5: Designing for Addiction
  93. 6.6: Conclusion- The System Behind the Behavior
  94. 6.7: Designing for Children- The Most Vulnerable Users
  95. 6.8: Virtual World- Identity Reinvention
  96. 6.9: Social Media’s Addictive Architecture
  97. 6.10: AI Companions and Emotional Dependencies
  98. 6.11: Depression, Loneliness and Behavioral Distortion
  99. 6.12: Digital Media Literacy as Addiction Literacy
  100. 6.13: Chapter Summary and Transition
  101. 6.14: Discussion Prompts
  102. 6.15: Student Activities
  103. 6.16: References
  104. 7: Truth at a Crossroads- The Architecture of Verification in the AI Era
  105. 7.1: Disinformation, Power, and Civic Responsibility
  106. 7.2: Marshall McLuhan and Lewis Mumford
  107. 7.3: Friedman's Lament and Harari's Diagnosis
  108. 7.4: Can We Prevent the Tragedy of Frankenstein?
  109. 7.5: “See Something, Say Nothing”
  110. 7.6: Silicon Valley as The Great Gatsby
  111. 7.7: Network Effects and Antitrust Law
  112. 7.8: Maria Ressa- Warrior in the Fake-News War
  113. 7.9: The Yemeni Girl's Photograph That Revealed the Truth
  114. 7.10: Truth, the Public Sphere, and the Future of Media Power
  115. 7.11: Chapter Summary and Transition
  116. 7.12: Discussion Prompts
  117. 7.13: Student Activities
  118. 7.14: References
  119. 8: Let’s Get Journalism Right- A Digital Media Literacy Agenda for the Age of AI
  120. 8.1: From “Fake News” to Systems Thinking
  121. 8.2: The Architecture of the Post-Truth Environment
  122. 8.3: A Digital Media Literacy Agenda
  123. 8.4: A Citizen’s Compact for the Information Commons
  124. 8.5: Rebuilding Trust in the Age of AI
  125. 8.6: The Road Ahead
  126. 8.7: Discussion Questions
  127. 8.8: References
  128. Back Matter
  129. Index
  130. Glossary
  131. Detailed Licensing
  132. Index