admin Imitations of Immortality: How Children Learn a Culture of Consumerism
A mother reflects on how "commercial media teaches our children to settle for the pose. . .Our challenge as parents…
Birth of the Sound Bite
One of the most dramatic changes in television reporting has to do with the way statements by the president and…
CHILDREN: Helping Children Challenge Male Stereotypes
Stereotypes and over-generalizations characterize the way young children think. In line with that tendency, children learn expected sex roles early…
Endangered Species of the Media World
Peoples of all cultures have developed, over centuries, patterns and forms of communication that embrace specific values and have had…
Native Canadians and the End of Storytelling
Another woman, who identified herself as a school teacher, said: "When TV came to my village I saw an immediate…
Setting Research Directions for Media Literacy and Health Education.
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Something New is Waiting to be Born
Our world is in travail. It takes no special sensitivity to realize how pervasive is the stress to which the…
Bill Moyers on Political Ads
I don’t buy the argument that political spots undermine democracy. In a way they serve democracy by reaching more people…
What Media Literacy is NOT
The following is a list of ideas to help explore and understand how media literacy is different from other literacies…