In relation to Lincoln, it’s neat when a major motion picture can spur greater understanding of those periods in history that we want K-12 students to know about anyway… but it’s also distressing when that movie becomes the end point, not the beginning, of learning. This occurs when students don’t have opportunities to follow up […]
从视觉文化角度审视时尚与现代
时尚是当代社会的一个重要文化现象，它既是一个社会学和人类学的课题，也是一个文化研究的难题。从视觉文化的独特视角来看，时尚的一个基本条件就是展示或被看见，可视性或可见性是时尚存在的前提，正如齐美尔所说，时尚就是要“引人注目”。
Exploring the Usefulness of School Education About Risks on Social Network Sites: A Survey Study
The growing popularity of social network sites (SNS) is causing concerns about privacy and security, especially with teenagers, since they show various forms of unsafe behavior on SNS. It has been put forth by researchers, teachers, parents, and teenagers that school is ideally placed to educate teens about risks on SNS and to teach youngsters […]
The Journal of Media Literacy Education, Volume 5, Issue 1
Table of Contents – Exploring the Usefulness of School Education About Risks on Social Network Sites: A Survey Study – Media Literacy Education from Kindergarten to College: A Comparison of How Media Literacy Is Addressed across the Educational System – Exploring Adolescents’ Multimodal Responses to The Kite Runner: Understanding How Students Use Digital Media for Academic Purposes and […]
Online Digital Media in Elementary School: Promoting Cultural Understanding
Digital and mass media play a significant role in the development of children’s understanding of people around the world. Specific instructional practices using media can help combat negative stereotypes and increase knowledge, tolerance and acceptance of the peoples and cultures of the Middle East. Media literacy education includes activities that involve both critical analysis and […]
Alienated: Undocumented Immigrant Youth
Alienated gives voice to undocumented youth immigrants facing the challenges of life after high school with no options for legalized work or college. A determined young woman from St. Vincent commutes from Brooklyn to New Jersey to work as a nanny for $4 an hour, while another young woman from St. Lucia tells how she […]
Street Republic in Egypt: From Bullets to Ballots
On 2 June 2012, Hosni Mubarak and his Minister of Interior were both convicted and given life sentences. This comes fifteen months after the spark of the 2011 revolution that marked a great moment of history, though it aggravated many of the suppressed problems associated with the disorientation towards democracy and the confusion about what […]
Implants, Cyborgs, Cellphones
This week on Spark – My Cyborg My Self. As implanted medical devices become more commonplace, they’re bringing up lots of issues, especially around security. We ask: who will control the devices in our bodies? Also, should we just accept long, limiting cellphone contracts as just a part of life? Or is there another, very […]
Saving Kids from Sneaky Online Marketing
Every day young people are being bombarded by subtly manipulative forms of marketing on their favorite websites. […] The problem is that more often than not these free kid-friendly sites are also extremely brand-friendly and advertising-friendly.
Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies
Social media, online video and pictures, mobile apps, websites, and email have transformed the arts in America Many cultural organizations say that digital technology gives them powerful new ways to promote events, engage with audiences, reach new patrons, and extend the life and scope of their work But challenges arise as organizations cope with tech-driven […]
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