Professor Karen Joe Laidler has developed a 6-week MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) which is taught by more than 10 faculty members from HKU and professionals around the world with backgrounds in criminology, journalism, media studies, gender studies, law and criminal justice. This course is designed to develop learners’ critical thinking skills when engaging with the media. This course takes a novel approach to help students learn how to engage with social media with a critical lens by drawing upon the growing global interest in true-crime documentaries, podcasts and other socially mediated representations of crime and its control. We offer learners a ‘critical thinking toolkit’ that is transportable to their academic courses, workplace and, more broadly, in their daily life.

The course is OPEN and FREE for everyone.

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https://www.edx.org/learn/social-sciences/the-university-of-hong-kong-true-crime-developing-critical-thinking-skills-through-criminology