Category: Media Literacy

Center for Media Literacy Unveils the CML MediaLit Kit

CHILDREN: Economic Lessons for Young Viewers

Young children form many of their ideas about the outside world from television. And what they're seeing is a world...

New Media and New Media Literacy

Because many 21stcentury homes are equipped with more robust technology than most schools, there is often a significant disconnect between...

Empowered Parents: Role Models for Taking Charge of TV Viewing

Television is an amazingly powerful communication tool. Its images of culture, family, relationships, and events give us opportunities to socialize,...

Media Literacy and Prevention: Going Beyond ‘Just Say No’

Today most prevention practitioners and researchers, as well as concerned teachers and parents, recognize that many of the messages we...

Parents and Teachers: Team Teaching Media Literacy

When it comes to media, our children are mass consumers. On average, each of them spends 1,500 hours a year...

LP# 5C Hidden Messages: The Growth of Product Placement

Keeping track of who is renting our eyeballs is more difficult today as "stealth ads" become embedded into the content...

LP# 4E What’s Missing? Making Room for Multiple Perspectives

Sometimes what is missing from a media message can be more important than what is included. Using stories and events...

Bombarded by Barbie

With media messages more subtle and ubiquitous than ever before, simply turning off the TV set is no longer a...

Collaborating for Success: Classroom teachers and video specialists

Video production is a richly layered activity that engages learning and skills on many levels. It is a form of...

Making Media Skills

Summary: Three video-production teachers explain why the analytical and critical thinking skills of media literacy go hand in hand with...

What I’ve Learned from Making Video – A Student Speaks

"Not only have we learned how to use the equipment, how to work together, and how to create something worthwhile...