This study examined how a dialogic approach in an online media literacy class at a university in China helped to develop college students’global awareness when the world was disrupted by the coronavirus disease(COVID...This study examined how a dialogic approach in an online media literacy class at a university in China helped to develop college students’global awareness when the world was disrupted by the coronavirus disease(COVID-19).Using writing exemplars from students’online dialogues and reflective journals,this article demonstrates the potentialities of an online dialogic approach to guide a sense of togetherness and critical solidarity.The digital dialogical approach provides an expanded space for students to converse with multiple voices,meditate on tensions,and rethink their own stances as citizens of their country and the world.The article 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.展开更多
文摘This study examined how a dialogic approach in an online media literacy class at a university in China helped to develop college students’global awareness when the world was disrupted by the coronavirus disease(COVID-19).Using writing exemplars from students’online dialogues and reflective journals,this article demonstrates the potentialities of an online dialogic approach to guide a sense of togetherness and critical solidarity.The digital dialogical approach provides an expanded space for students to converse with multiple voices,meditate on tensions,and rethink their own stances as citizens of their country and the world.The article 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.