by Charles Klotzer, Founder and Editor Emeritus, The St. Louis Journalism Review Media literacy is a subversive, even a revolutionary term. It is subversive in its struggle to overthrow the established norms of communication; it seeks to search beyond the surface message. It is revolutionary in its demand that citizens, all citizen, understand what the […]
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Media Literacy Is a Subversive Term!
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Posses and Protocols
by Paul Guzzardo, “Digital Creative / Urban Designer”, Make a note. Next July 21st is a Thursday. If you’re in Toronto it will be the place to party. Find yourself in Berlin? Try to make it to the Canadian Embassy. Canada did up a Salon to mark it. Event planners are also busy in […]
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Cyber Bullying – A Perspective
by Karen Aroesty, Exec. Director, Anti-Defamation League, Missouri / Southern Illinois; E-mail: As I write this, the news cycle has moved far away from the antics of an extremist pastor in Gainesville, Florida. Without the attention of journalism and traditional media outlets, the internet and YouTube, blogs, Facebook pages and other social networking systems, […]
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Newspaper Reporter’s Take On Media Literacy
by Phil Sutin, Reporter, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch As the world moves ever so quickly, media literacy helps people better understand the information that bombards them. It is a skill that helps people grasp that information and make better decisions. In the past 20 years, the media has grown from a few structured segments — […]
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Convergent Media Command Expertise(s)
By Gary Hicks, Chairman, Dept. of Mass Communications, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville As Chair of a university department that helps train future media professionals, I’m often asked by students (and their parents) what it takes to have a successful media career. My answer is simple. It is also oftentimes unfair. “Be able to do everything,” […]
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Media Literacy and Its Value Through the Eyes of a Student
by Mary Elizabeth DeVelario – Student, John Paul II Preparatory School, In the vastly-changing universe we call the present, technology is boundless. Our world is shape-shifting before our eyes and what is “new” and “fresh” today is old and outdated tomorrow. As students, our society sends us an onslaught of messages each day. Some of these […]
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Where Are Those Simple Fair Use Guidelines?
By Mark Sableman, partner in Thompson Coburn LLP’s St. Louis office, where he practices intellectual property, media and technology law. As a copyright lawyer, I often get asked for “a few simple guidelines” for fair use of copyrighted materials. I’d love to provide such guidelines, but I can’t. I have to explain the subjective nature […]
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The New Revelation
By Rabbi Mark L. Shook, St. Louis Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Temple Israel and winner of St. Louis ’ 2010 Malachi Award for Interfaith Relations and Understanding Getting the word, the message from the Almighty, has been the central idea of Judaism, Christianity and Islam for a few thousand years. Each of these faith traditions promoted […]
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Sucker or Succor?
By Don Marsh, St. Louis Public Radio’s host of St. Louis On the Air, longtime journalist and broadcaster, and GMLP’s 2008 Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Award winner It seems that not only are there fewer and fewer places to go for a balanced information diet these days, but also that there are fewer and fewer […]
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Media Literacy Critical in Today’s Schools
By Dr. John Urkevich, Executive Director, Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis Employers today are stressing the importance of not only being technology savvy, but also media literate. One of the biggest challenges in media literacy is to locate and evaluate information and recognize and understand the source. The ability to clearly focus on […]
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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
