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Alcohol and Television: And Now for Some Mixed Messages
On April 12 1989, ABC aired a shocking episode of its popular sitcom, Growing Pains. A close friend of the…
The Problem is NOT Technology
I have in my vest pocket a calculator the size of a credit card and the thickness of about three…
Text vs. Context in Media Literacy: A Continuing Debate
The goal of media literacy is to help people become sophisticated citizens rather than sophisticated consumers. The authors argue against…
Three Stages of Political Advertising
Writing in New York magazine during the l988 primary campaign, media experts Edwin Diamond and Stephen Bates, authors of The…
Guidelines for Quality Children’s Television
According to the Quality Statement of the Children’s Broadcast Institute in Canada, quality programming for children: Allows children to not…
Attacking Ageism in Advertising
An advertisement for a calcium dietary supplement, recently seen in numerous national magazines, depicts a woman’s silhouette frame by frame…
Obstacles to the Development of Media Literacy Education in the United States
This article examines the political, economic, historic, and cultural explanations for why the United States lags behind other major English-speaking…
Screen-Agers…and the Decline of the “Wasteland”
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the most famous speech in broadcasting, the Federal Communications Law Journal dedicated its May…
Teaching the Media Child in the Digital Swarm: The Case for Media Education
The author reflects on how students learn in today’s “digital swarm” and proposes four ways for teachers and schools to…