All the tools you need to help students explore the impact of media. MEDIA LITERACY provides a wide range of teaching tools and resources for incorporating media literacy concepts and skills into the K-12 curriculum. This web site displays samples of the curriculum materials available in the kit.
Digital Studio
Consider the “what if’s” of social networking sites
Magazine Studio
Explore the role of body image in today’s culture
TV Studio
Edit a TV show where the story keeps changing but the images remain the same
Music Studio
Create a pop star and compose her image and song
Criteria for Examining the Credibility of Information on the Internet
Document explaining clues to look for when examining online news
Issue Area: Pressure Groups
Identifies the effects of pressure groups on journalists. While institutional pressures are enough to keep most journalists from straying from the conventional wisdom, pressure groups stand ready to punish the exceptional reporter who challenges the official agenda. When does an activist group become a pressure group? A pressure group is more concerned with suppressing viewpoints […]
Issue area: Censorship
Gives examples of government regulations. Since governments almost always have an interest in controlling the free flow of information, official censorship is something that must be constantly guarded against. In our society, however, large corporations are a more common source of censorship than governments: Media outlets killing stories because they undermine corporate interests; advertisers using […]
Issue: Official Agendas
Gives examples of government influence on news media. Despite the claims that the press has an adversarial relationship with the government, in truth U.S. media generally follow Washington’s official line. This is particularly obvious in wartime and in foreign policy coverage, but even with domestic controversies, the spectrum of debate usually falls in the relatively […]
What’s wrong with advertiser influence in the news?
Gives example of the effect of advertisers on news media. Most of the income of for-profit media outlets comes not from their audiences, but from commercial advertisers who are interested in selling products to that audience. Although people sometimes defend commercial media by arguing that the market gives people what they want, the fact is […]
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