{"id":4887,"date":"2022-04-13T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/?page_id=4887"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:22:04","slug":"cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT Students Present Research at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

CCT students Mary Margaret Herring<\/a>, Erin Moroney<\/a>, Weijia Ren, and Zoe Chen Zhao presented a paper entitled \u201cMisinformation in the Civics Classroom\u201d at the 79th<\/sup> Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference on April 8, 2022. The paper was coauthored with CCT Professor Diana Owen<\/a>. The study developed from a class project in Professor Owen\u2019s course, Empirical Research Practicum: Civic Education in the Digital Age<\/a>. Students designed, conducted, and analyzed a national survey of elementary and secondary school civics, social studies, American government, and history teachers in the fall semester of 2021. The survey focused on teachers\u2019 use of digital tools for instruction, a topic that has gained relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study found that teachers consider misinformation to be a major problem in both society and the classroom. Many of them feel a strong sense of responsibility to educate students about misinformation and to adopt instructional strategies to counter the problem. Most teachers make use of online resources and digital tools to help students identify and deal with misinformation, especially in one-to-one schools where every student receives a laptop or tablet. Managing misinformation in the classroom has become contentious in some schools. Teachers have been accused of indoctrination by parents and administrators and have faced repercussions, including loss of employment and even physical attacks. As a result, teachers are more willing to counter false facts from news stories than misinformation from social media and students. The CCT team found significant differences in teachers\u2019 perspectives on misinformation based on their personal, professional, and school characteristics. Their findings point to the need for professional development aimed at preparing teachers to deal effectively with misinformation in the classroom. Steps also must be taken to ensure the safety of educators who are doing their job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CCT researchers shared their thoughts following the conference presentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoe Chen Zhao, a first-year CCT student, stated, \u201cI really enjoyed this whole experience, from thinking about our research topic to drafting the survey and presenting our findings at the conference.  It was interesting to find trends and derive conclusions from the data collected. We work great as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m personally looking forward to continuing my research on misinformation, in part because of this experience,\u201d says Erin Moroney, a second-year part-time CCT student. \u201cHaving the opportunity to present our findings and discuss them with the academic community was very rewarding. We received valuable feedback during our session that we plan to incorporate into our paper moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI particularly enjoyed getting to hear feedback from audience members at the conference – many of whom were educators themselves,\u201d reflected second-year CCT student Mary Margaret Herring. \u201cWe spent a lot of time thinking about phrasing survey questions and the best way to present our data but it was easy to forget that the topic of our research affects real people. Presenting at the conference offered a way for us to hear about teachers’ experience in the classroom and see what aligned with our findings and what did not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-year CCT student Weijia Ren stated, \u201cI really appreciated this opportunity to work with Professor Owen and excellent team members. Collecting data, processing data, drafting conclusions, and presenting our research\u2014we made every step to advance our topic. Every member helped one another; professor guided us carefully. Grateful to be on this team!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, CCTers! The paper can be accessed here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four CCT students presented a paper, coauthored with CCT Professor Diana Owen, at the 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference in April 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55342740568540990,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"gu_featured_image_display":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nStudent Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Master's in Communication, Culture & Technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T18:22:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2022\/04\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/\",\"name\":\"Student Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/cct\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/240\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-13T18:38:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-08T18:22:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/cct\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/240\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/cct\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/240\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CCT Students Present Research at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/\",\"name\":\"Master's in Communication, Culture & Technology\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sites.georgetown.edu\\\/2025-02-19_cct\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Student Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown","description":"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Student Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown","og_description":"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/","og_site_name":"Master's in Communication, Culture & Technology","article_modified_time":"2023-09-08T18:22:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2022\/04\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/","name":"Student Research | Communication, Culture & Tech | Georgetown","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2022\/04\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png","datePublished":"2022-04-13T18:38:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-08T18:22:04+00:00","description":"Four Communication, Culture & Technology students present research at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2022\/04\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/cct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2022\/04\/Whole-group-MPSA-photo-copy-1-1024x661.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/cct-students-present-research-at-the-midwest-political-science-association-annual-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CCT Students Present Research at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/","name":"Master's in Communication, Culture & Technology","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55342740568540990"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5439,"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4887\/revisions\/5439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.georgetown.edu\/2025-02-19_cct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}