By Sarah Evancho Current middle school students are often referred to as “digital natives,” describing the experience of living in a world where the internet, cell phones, and e-mail have always existed. This life experience gives young people knowledge of using digital media which is unprecedented, and affords them access to information in more efficient […]
Archive | 2012 Contributing Columnists
A Roadmap to Social Connection for Young People
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AC/DC and the Case against Idiocy in the Digital Age: How Media Literacy and Civic Literacy Go Hand in Hand
By Wolfgang Althof Democracy cannot be taken for granted. Democrats don’t grow on trees. We need to educate them because a society of idiots cannot survive. Walter Parker, in an article entitled “Teaching against idiocy”, explains that the ancient Greeks used this term differently from what it means today – being stupid. The idiot is […]
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The Minority Depiction
James Buford, President and CEO, The Urban League In times past, the ideal world was depicted as balanced where all humans no matter race, ethnicity, nor status played a role in equality; we are all equal. Today, as we compare our past to our current state, you could draw the conclusion that we are not […]
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The Three R’s of Twitter Literacy
By David Sheets Look around, and look closely. Everywhere, from home to school, work to play, we’re witnessing a disturbing change in America, 140 characters at a time. That change, heralded by the advent of social media, and the far-reaching, ever-expanding microblog platform Twitter in particular, demands we satisfy ourselves immediately with digital communications, telling […]
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Media Illiteracy: A Look at Access
By Joan Esserman “The basic news literacy argument is that you can’t get the vaccine in someone’s mouth until you get the idea in that someone’s head that the vaccine is good for you,” says Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Most of us visiting the Gateway […]
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Confessions and Dismay of a Newspaper Addict
By Vivian Eveloff I grew up reading morning and evening papers. This habit continued in adulthood, but the New York Times became my favorite news source. We saw eye-to-eye. We both cared about the civil rights movement, the war in Viet Nam and changes in the U.S. and the world. Then I began to notice […]
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Much More Than the “Toy Department”
By Charles (Chuck) Korr Decades ago, one of the nation’s leading sports writers was asked which part of the newspaper he worked in and he replied, “I’m in the toy department”. That self-deprecating piece of humor has been used to explain why the sports section is a not the place to read “serious” journalism. Media […]
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In Pursuit of International Media Literacy
By Anna Crosslin What are some of the major elements essential for media literacy to flourish? A high literacy rate is one. Since low literacy rates are usually tied to poor economies, low literate countries frequently lack the resources for mass education and technology to improve communication. For example, the tiny, land-locked African nation of […]
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Momentary Communities, Media Literacy and Organized Labor
By Robert Russell Information has become more important than the source of information. –Michael Hall, Director of New Media, New England Sports Network[1] During my recent twenty-year high school reunion, I paused to think about how much media has changed since I graduated. In the heady days of the early 1990s, select few networks ruled […]
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The Cornerstones of our Democratic System
By Chris Miller For those of us who have the privilege of serving on the Board of Directors for the Gateway Media Literacy Partners, a basic understanding of the meaning of media literacy is often taken for granted. It may even be fair to say that sometimes we forget that it is both literacy – […]
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Media Literacy Week 2013
- Why Media Literacy is Important – 2013 Guest Contributors
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Understanding America via Media Literacy: A Chinese Student’s View
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Inclusion, Acceptance and Equality
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Making the Pieces Fit: One Journalist’s View
