Educational TV May Boost Intellectual Development
Preschool children who watched a few hours a week of educational programming perform better on achievement tests over time than...
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Harvard University Hosts First US Media Literacy Teaching Institute
Last summer from July 31-August 6, I had the privilege of helping to teach the first major Media Education Institute...
اقرأ المزيدFirst National Media Literacy Conference — Boone, NC — 1995
Some 400 enthusiastic participants gathered in the hilly, lush green college town of Boone, North Carolina September 22-24, 1995 to...
اقرأ المزيدNo More Blood at Eleven: Alternatives to Crime Reporting
I made a resolution years ago to stop watching cop shows right before I went to bed. The corpses and...
اقرأ المزيدWired Bedrooms: Kids’ Media Choices Made Behind Closed Doors
The bedrooms of students in Santa Barbara County, California are wired. Television, telephones, stereos, radios and VCRs abound in striking...
اقرأ المزيدStudy Debunks Myths About Newspaper Religion Beat
Newspaper coverage of religion has long been one of the backwaters of American journalism. The religion beat has generally held...
اقرأ المزيدCan a Woman Deliver the News?
A longstanding argument holds that women's voices are not authoritative on-air personalities. Following this tradition, U.S. network anchors have almost...
اقرأ المزيدCHILDREN: Parents Can Help Defuse Bad News
News is now entertainment. TV news is no longer just "talking heads." From videos of the latest disaster to photos...
اقرأ المزيدCHILDREN: Questions Help Challenge False Images
As children grow beyond the preschool years, they begin to focus more on getting along with social groups than pleasing...
اقرأ المزيدStudy Shows White Male Experts Dominate News
If you want to see a clear example of the media's definition and reinforcement of power in U.S. society, just...
اقرأ المزيدTVs Dark Vision Can Be Frightening to Elders
In the hit 1988 movie Crossing Delancy, a key scene shows heroine Izzy visiting her grandmother at a self-defense class...
اقرأ المزيدFAMILY: Questions to Analyze Political Media
From FDR's fireside chats to glitzy TV documentaries, politicians have been quick to recognize the power of media. Like product...
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