How 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 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...
اقرأ المزيدKey Question #2: What creative techniques are used to attract my attention?
Core Concept #2: Media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules. Keyword: Format The second Key...
اقرأ المزيدKey Question #1: Who created this message?
Core Concept #1: All messages are 'constructed.' Keyword: Authorship To explore the idea of 'authorship' in media literacy is to...
اقرأ المزيدFive Key Questions Form Foundation for Media Inquiry
In the MediaLit Kit ™, the Center for Media Literacy identifies Five Key Questions as the core of our inquiry-based...
اقرأ المزيدWhat is Media Literacy? A Definition…and More.
The definition most often cited in the US is a succinct sentence hammered out by participants at the 1992 Aspen...
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