Issues in the Development of Media Education

Media Literacy is not without its controversies and differing perspectives but discussion and debate, conducted respectfully, is the way that any educational field grows and evolves.

•    10 Things Wrong with the Effects Model
•    Aspen Institute Report of the National Leadership Conference on Media Literacy
•    Breaking Boundaries with Video Production: Inteview with Steve Goodman
•    Educational Standards and Media Literacy
•    Empowered Parents: Role Models for Taking Charge of TV Viewing
•    Empowerment through Education
•    How Well Does Television Handle Social Issues?
•    Involving the Media in Media Education
•    Let’s Break the Circle of Blame! US Senate Testimony
•    Media Education in the Year 2000: Directions and Challenges
•    Media Literacy and the Question of Production
•    Media Literacy and the ‘Big Tent'
•    Media Literacy: A National Priority for a Changing World
•    Media Literacy: An Alternative to Censorship
•    Obstacles to the Development of Media Literacy Education in the United States
•    Orthodoxy is the Enemy: Four Ways NOT to Teach Media Literacy
•    Parents and Teachers: Team Teaching Media Literacy
•    Screen-Agers...and the Decline of the "Wasteland"
•    Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement -- Circa 2001
•    Text vs. Context in Media Literacy: A Continuing Debate
•    The Media Education Elephant
•    Where Media Literacy Fits in the World of Education
•    WORKSHOP REPORT: How to do Assessment and Evaluation in Media Literacy