It's been a busy year for just about everyone involved in media literacy education. Our year-end review of media literacy activity indicates there is a lot happening abroad as well as good discussion taking place here at home. Issue includes Ofcom and the status of the EU member states.
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Publication Date:December, 2014Download Newsletter:Topics:
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Publication Date:November, 2014
Last month’s discussion between Tessa Jolls (CML) and Henry Jenkins (USC) focused on What’s in a name? Now, the conversation turns to preparing students for a participatory culture, but what does that mean? This issue tackles Participation in What? We’re all in agreement that students need media literacy education to participate fully in our global media environment but there are a variety of opinions about the tools and methods for making this a reality.
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Publication Date:October, 2014
In 2006 Henry Jenkins published a white paper identifying the challenges and opportunities for media literacy in our 21st century media culture. Since then, new ideas, new technologies, and new names have emerged bringing with them misunderstandings and rifts among educators. It’s time to reflect on where we’ve been and where we are now.
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Publication Date:September, 2014
We explore the historical developments which have led most audiences to accept the dominance of private and commercial media spaces in the city. In our second article, we discuss the positive roles that media, especially screen media, can play in urban life. We introduce CML’s production-based curriculum that fosters teamwork and technology skills while teaching media literacy and nutrition.
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Publication Date:July, 2014
In our first article, two prominent rhetoricians explain the differences between propaganda and persuasive discourse that stimulates engaged citizenship. Next, we review the premise of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's landmark Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and, with some assistance from media literacy scholar Renee Hobbs, we discuss responses to forms of propaganda which are more pervasive and indirect.
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Publication Date:June, 2014
Research that provides evidence of the effectiveness of media literacy education is so important, and yet can be so difficult to find. In this issue, we review the literature in the field, and we offer research and resources to contextualize the issues that need to be addressed to move the field forward.
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Publication Date:May, 2014
We present some of the basics for integrating media literacy education into the Common Core. And we interview teacher educator Jeff Share from the UCLA Center X Teacher Education Program (and CML alumnus), who speaks to the possibilities for shaping implementation of the standards to meet the needs of media literacy educators.
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Publication Date:April, 2014
We review the Supreme Court case which struck down the 2005 California law banning sale of violent video games to minors, and explain why media literacy education could have fulfilled the intentions of the law. In our second article, we follow the progress of media literacy initiatives in the European Union, as well as problems that need to be resolved. An in-depth look at media violence was recently published by SAGE, and the Media Literacy Research Symposium brought together media literacy advocates from around the world.
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Publication Date:March, 2014
In this issue, we highlight the role of media literacy in the development of global awareness, and its role in education for global citizenship skills. CML introduced Smoke Detectors! Deconstructing Tobacco Use in Media. The new curriculum teaches students to deconstruct smoking incidents and recognize product placements. CML’s Tessa Jolls participated on a panel at the screening of pivot tv’s new release Eyes Wide Open. Also, interviews with Salzburg Academy’s Paul Mihailidis and veteran media literacy advocate Jordi Torrent, who manages media literacy projects at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
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Publication Date:February, 2014
The “knowledge economy” of the 21st century has led to a rapidly expanding global market in educational services. In this issue, we report on recent developments and examine their implications for media literacy education.
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