In this episode of “No Shade, All Tea’s” Season 3, host Dr. Nancy DiTunnariello talks with St. John’s University Seniors Suzanna Casler and Emily Hartwig about the importance of media literacy, TikTok trends, and the damage rumors can inflict!

Show Info:

• Host: Dr. Nancy DiTunnariello, ditunnan@stjohns.edu
• Production: The Bolt Productions
• Intro/Outro Arrangement & Audio Editor: Courtney Lemkin
• Chief Audio Editor: Elizabeth Petrillo
• Show Linktree: https://linktr.ee/_NoShadeAllTea_
• Logo: Toni Sanchez Pop Art

Guest Info:

• Guest: Suzanna Casler
• Title: St. John’s University Senior
• Instagram: @suzannacasler
• Email: suzanna.casler249@gmail.com
• Guest: Emily Hartwig
• Title: St. John’s University Senior
• Email: emily.hartwig19@stjohns.edu
• Bateman Project Instagram: @RunningFromRumors

Research Sources:

• Bateman Competition: https://www.prsa.org/news/2022/10/20/prssa-and-the-news-literacy-project-partner-for-2023-bateman-case-study-competition
• Checking the Facts: Media Literacy and Democracy, https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ncss/se/2020/00000084/00000001/art00007
• Engaging with the other side: using news media literacy messages to reduce selective exposure and avoidance, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2019.1572565?casa_token=6f7se_VS8D8AAAAA%3A5NWva5qD0BGLuGGbBPeiH4OKDFZSuHFM0lcfpuACK3LswlfQsdMa9G1X6KXuj8AHWevTJL1qog
• Is Traditional Journalism Dying?, https://www.newswire.com/blog/is-traditional-journalism-dying
• News literacy declines with socioeconomic status, https://archives.cjr.org/news_literacy/teen_digital_literacy_divide.php
• News Literacy Project, https://newslit.org/
• Rumor Guard, https://www.rumorguard.org/?_ga=2.145715773.803296372.1675771498-1681291583.1675771498