CML Pilots Media Literacy Unit for Obesity, Nutrition Education
Childhood obesity may be a growing national health crisis but for 19 students at Sepulveda Middle School in Los Angeles,...
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Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of Print
When slaves turn on their masters, there is a bitterness and lack of logic in their attack which they inevitably...
اقرأ المزيدHow to Decode Political Images
Politicians are generally delivered to us through the images of the media. To help you as an individual political campaign...
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Media Literacy and the Question of Production
When teachers and leaders hear the word "media" they often think "dollars"— and then dismiss the idea of media literacy...
اقرأ المزيدWe Learn by Doing: Making Media in the Classroom
[Editor's Note]: As assistant superintendent in the Mamoroneck , NY school system in the 1970s, Calvert E. Schlick, EdD, championed...
اقرأ المزيدEmpowerment through Education
The Center for Media Literacy advocates a philosophy of empowerment through education. This philosophy incorporates three intertwining concepts: 1. Media...
اقرأ المزيد10 Benefits of Media Literacy Education
"We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge." --John Naisbitt, Megatrends 1. Meets the needs of students to be...
اقرأ المزيدGetting Started: Ideas for Introducing Media Literacy in your School or District
1. Start with your best, most enthused teachers. A single teacher working alone can often feel isolated and become frustrated;...
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Conducting a Close Analysis
Part I, Description; Part II, Interpretation Objective: To teach students to look closely at how a media message is put...
اقرأ المزيدKey Question #5: Why is this message being sent?
Core Concept #5: Media messages are organized to gain profit and/or power. Keyword: Purpose With Key Question #5, we look...
اقرأ المزيدKey Question #4: What lifestyles, values and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?
Core Concept #4: Media have embedded values and points of view. Keyword: Content In looking at the content of a...
اقرأ المزيدKey Question #3: How might different people understand this message differently from me?
Core Concept #3: Different people experience the same media message differently. Keyword: Audience How do audiences interact with the media...
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