admin What is “Critical Viewing?”
Since the effects of TV viewing can be both positive and negative, the purpose of this module is to help…
Canada Offers Ten Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy
The following article is from the introduction to the Media Literacy Resource Guide published by the Ontario Ministry of Education…
Media Literacy: Education for a Technological Age
Media literacy has come of age. In a society as mass mediated and media saturated as our own, communication technologies…
Mourning the Late Great Book
Whither the book? In the future, a book may be bought as a bubble-wrapped package containing a dust jacket together…
More Media Savvy Than She Thinks
I’ve got a pet theory (I’ve got a couple of them, actually, but only one is worth sharing with you…
10 Things Wrong with the Effects Model
This influential article by a noted British cultural scholar succinctly critiques the research school of “media effects” that tends to…
Building Citizenship Skills through Media Literacy Education
Hobbs, R. (1998). Building citizenship skills through media literacy education. In M. Salvador and P. Sias, (Eds.) The Public Voice…
Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages
Abstract: Teachers can improve students’ critical reading and viewing skills through interactive learning activities that make use of a wide…
Canada’s Key Concepts of Media Literacy
In 1987, a group of teachers from the Ontario Association for Media Literacy (AML) drew up the Key Concepts of…
How Media Education Is Like What You Already Know
A lot of what you are about to read in the rest of this book is based on the premise…