When one student might see Native Americans encountering European settlers in Jonathan Warm Day’s “The Last Supper”, students during a media decoding describe the settlers as “Scary..they’re only shown in black silhouettes and there’s all that red that might represent blood insome way” (page 81). A teacher evaluation for decoding is also included, which would […]

In a culture dominated by images, what is the capacity of radio-making to enact the ideals and meet the objectives of critical medial literacy education that empowers learners and expands democracy? This article conceptualizes a radio-based critical media literacy approach drawing upon a course project called “Borderless Radio,” where fifty-two students in a large urban […]

The role of new media in the Arab uprisings and the news of widespread surveillance of digital and mobile media have triggered a renewed interest in Arab audiences research, particularly as it pertains to these audiences’ critical abilities and digital media literacy competencies. Taken for granted have been Arab youth’s widespread use of social media […]

There is growing interest in the use of digital games as part of K-12 teachers’ classroom instruction. For example, in Washington State, legislation1 is being considered to create a pilot program for integrating games into the school curriculum. And in the fall of 2014, the White House and U.S. Department of Education hosted a game […]