Transmedia play is a new way to understand how children develop critical media literacy and new media literacies through their interactions with contemporary media that links stories and structures across platforms. This essay highlights five characteristics of transmedia play that make it particularly useful for learning: resourcefulness, sociality, mobility, accessibility, and replayability, and explains how […]

Rubric to evaluate Information Literacy

Many students entering post-secondary institutions today have limited knowledge and abilities in the area of information literacy. Information literacy is a critical skill for postsecondary students. Post- secondary educators, who recognize and accept the literacy limitations of today’s students, will be better positioned to adopt their teaching styles and curriculum to cultivate information literacy. Post-Secondary […]

Davis Q&A: Time has come to drastically improve media gender ratios The presence of far more male on-screen characters than females is so ingrained in people’s minds as normal that the ratio has changed little in the last several decades, Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis explains in this interview. “We’re training children to see girls […]

Over the past few years, media use among children and teens has become more prevalent than ever. With the launch of the iPod, the explosion in instant messaging, the birth of mobile video and YouTube, and the advent of social networking sites like MySpace, young people are rarely out of contact, or out of reach […]

The NAMLE is excited to offer to educators, advocates and allies these Core Principles of Media Literacy Education in the United States. In crafting them, the writers have built upon on previous scholarship in media literacy as well as communications, education, media and film studies, public health and psychology. We honor those who provided this […]

Increasingly, Public Media 2.0 projects are moving not only beyond broadcast to social and mobile platforms, but into the realms of digital and media literacy training. Producers of such projects recognize that in order to participate fully in the new media world, children and adults need to be able to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate […]