Cultivating Global Awareness Through Online Dialogic Teaching: A Case Study

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Abstract

This study examines how dialogues in an online media literacy class during the early stage of the Covid outbreak affect Chinese college students’ sense of their own nation and the world beyond. Analyzing students’ online discussions and reflective journals, the study finds that students generally identified with positive reports on China and located media bias from negative media coverage. Meanwhile, further dialogues and reflection propelled these students to check their perceptions of otherness in media and deepened their understanding of unity in the face of global disasters. The paper also underscores the role of higher education in cultivating a sense of global community among the younger generation and bridging the ideological divide in society.

Authors

• Yumei Li, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute

• Yali Zou, University of Houston