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	"id": "4102425",
	"title": "Scrolling Toward Identity: How Young People Make Meaning from News and Politics Online",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003EIn this webinar, Rachel Besharat Mann presents findings from her recent article, Navigating Digital Realities, published in the Journal of Adolescent \u0026amp\u003B Adult Literacy. Drawing on qualitative research with young people, the study examines how adolescents engage with social media as a primary source of news, political information, and identity exploration. Rather than positioning youth as passive consumers or victims of misinformation, this research highlights the nuanced, strategic, and emotionally complex ways young people interpret, evaluate, and incorporate digital content into their developing civic and personal identities.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe session will explore how algorithms, peer networks, and platform affordances shape meaning\u002Dmaking processes, and what this means for educators seeking to support critical digital literacy and civic engagement. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of adolescents\u0026rsquo\u003B lived digital experiences and practical considerations for classroom instruction in an era where identity formation and political learning increasingly unfold online.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPresenter:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Rachel Besharat Mann, Associate Professor of the Practice of Education Studies, College of Education Studies, Weslyan University \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://www.wesleyan.edu/about/directory/profile.html?id\u003Dremann\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps://www.wesleyan.edu/about/directory/profile.html?id\u003Dremann\u003C/a\u003E \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "Virtual",
	"location_url": null,
	"virtual_url": "https://ucf.zoom.us/meeting/register/M4irHkrsRFuDBSm\u002DxxP1aA",
	"registration_link": "https://ucf.zoom.us/meeting/register/M4irHkrsRFuDBSm-xxP1aA",
	"registration_info": "Register in advance for this meeting.",
	"starts": "Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0400",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["College of Community Innovation \u0026 Education","Education","Literacy Symposium","Literacy","School of Teacher Education"],
	"contact_name": "Vicky Zygouris\u002DCoe, Professor",
	"contact_phone": null,
	"contact_email": "vzygouri@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4102425/scrolling-toward-identity-how-young-people-make-meaning-from-news-and-politics-online/"
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