Media literacy is a discipline that truly spans the ages. Young children, college students, and seniors are applying this critical thinking skill to make sense of the wealth of information being conveyed through the channels of mass communication. The Seventh Annual Media Literacy Week, sponsored by the Gateway Media Literacy Partners, November 10-17, 2013, features digital […]
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What is Media Literacy Week?
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2012 GMLP Contributing Columnists: Why Media Literacy is Important!
Greeting Media Literacy Proponents and Enthusiasts, I am deeply moved and gratified by yet another command performance by a diverse group of regional citizens speaking their views on WHY MEDIA LITERACY IS IMPORTANT . Writing is not easy, even for those who do it every day, yet these participants agreed to honor our deadline […]
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A Roadmap to Social Connection for Young People
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 […]
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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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Media Literacy & K-12 Education
~From Education Today, a blog from the Greater St. Louis Cooperating School Districts.
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Sixth Annual Media Literacy Week Calendar at a Glance
CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM IS A SPONSOR OF MEDIA LITERACY WEEK Events Calendar – Download the PDF Most events are free and open to the public. Sunday, October 28 * Media Literacy Week Opening Session: “Media and Information Literacy as a Composite Concept: Educating Citizens for Freedom of Expression, Peace and […]
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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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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
