China’s Challenge: Modernize, not Westernize
From the back of the crowded classroom, a young man raised his hand. "Tell us about Hol-lee-wood." he asked in...
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Thinking Critically about Media: Schools and Families in Partnership
This publication, Thinking Critically About Media: Schools and Families in Partnership, makes the case for teaching media literacy at school...
اقرأ المزيدGoing for the Gold: The Golden Girls are a Hit!
"I like this program because it gives me hope that there's life after 50!" –40-year-old woman "The Golden Girls is...
اقرأ المزيدSociety’s Storyteller: How TV Creates the Myths by which we Live
Storytelling is the great process that makes us recognizably human. A story is an attempt to make the invisible visible...
اقرأ المزيدCML’s Position Statement to NAEYC
In reviewing the revised position statement on Technology and Young Children – Ages 3 through 8, we were appreciative...
اقرأ المزيدADVOCACY: Violence Against Women Tests Limits of the Law
The perennial battle against degrading images of women in the media has recently seized upon a new weapon: the power...
اقرأ المزيدNo More Blood at Eleven: Alternatives to Crime Reporting
I made a resolution years ago to stop watching cop shows right before I went to bed. The corpses and...
اقرأ المزيدRe-Touching Reality: Can Pictures Lie?
In 1982, the respected National Geographic attracted controversy by moving one of Egypt's great pyramids. Through the magic of computer-generated...
اقرأ المزيدChristian Discernment in a Mass-Mediated Culture
"With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you...
اقرأ المزيدWhat is Media Literacy? NAMLE’s Short Answer and a Longer Thought
The Short Version Media literacy empowers people to be both critical thinkers and creative producers of an increasingly wide range...
اقرأ المزيدFive Key Questions That Can Change the World
"Where do I start?" is a cry often heard from teachers who would like to introduce media literacy in their...
اقرأ المزيدTuning in to TV Sex: How to Use Media to Dialogue with your Children
There's no question that television is one of the primary sexual educators of our children. But rather than considering television...
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