The 12th Northeast Media Literacy Conference

Central Connecticut State University is proud and delighted to announce the return of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference. Dr. Thomas Goodkind, Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut founded the conference in 2003 supported by the Neag School of Education at UConn. The conference served as a vital source of community, advocacy, pedagogy, and innovation in the field of media literacy.

In the years since the founding of the conference the centrality of media to our individual, social, cultural and civic lives has grown exponentially. As media educators, we face constant changes in trends, platforms, tools and skills that challenge our approaches to our work in this field. We also face challenges from legislatures, school systems, corporations, and other institutions that question the value and/or relevance of media literacy to contemporary life and education. It seems both a necessary and fitting time for us to come together and explore the roots of our field and chart its future. Our aim in reviving the conference is to provide a forum for the practical, pedagogical, critical, and theoretical exploration of a guiding question: What does it mean to be media literate?

• Select Start Month: February
• Select Start Date: 4
• Select Start Year: 2017
• End Month: February
• End Date: 4
• End Year: 2017
• Venue Name: Northeast Media Literacy Conference
• City: New Britain
• Country: US
• Website: http://nmlc.comm.ccsu.edu/
• Organizer: Northeast Media Literacy Conference