She advises viewers to examine their consciences and to pay attention to who is behind the scenes producing and paying for commercially-sponsored stories. Trampiets, who also serves as a regional consultant for the Los Angeles-based Center for Media Literacy and is a member of the National Council of Churches' Media Education Committee, is one of three faculty who will be teaching a weeklong course on media literacy at UD's Pastoral Communications Institute June 18 through 28. During its 11-year history, participants from 17 countries have taken part in the institute, which is sponsored by UD's Center for Religious Communication and the religious studies department. The institute is designed for church communicators, pastors and youth ministers, directors of religious education, school administrators and teachers but is also open to the general public. Other participants use the institute to earn the 12-credit certificate in pastoral communication as an entry into the field of religious communication work.
Participants can earn graduate credit and continuing education unit credit.
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