The Women’s Media Center makes women visible and powerful in the media. Led by our president, Jehmu Greene, the WMC works with the media to ensure that women’s stories are told and women’s voices are heard. We do this in three ways: through our media advocacy campaigns; by creating our own media; and by training […]
Media Literacy: New Agendas for Communication
This volume was designed to showcase the work of emerging scholars in media education. The articles, edited by Kathleen Tyner of the University of Texas at Austin, cover a wide range of media education topics in formal and informal learning environments. Studies include chapters about international community media efforts in India, youth media programs in […]
Media Diversity Institute
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) works internationally to encourage and facilitate responsible media coverage of diversity. It aims to prevent the media from intentionally or unintentionally spreading prejudice, intolerance and hatred which can lead to social tensions, disputes and violent conflict. MDI encourages instead, fair, accurate, inclusive and sensitive media coverage in order to promote […]
UNESCO: Model Curricula for Journalism Education
UNESCO is organizing a regional consultation meeting on the possible adaptation of its Model Curricula for Journalism Education in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Arab region. The meeting will take place from 8 to 10 December 2009, at the University of Bahrain. Leading representatives from GCC institutions in the field of journalism, including […]
European Youth Press
The European Youth Press is an umbrella association of young journalists in Europe. It involves more than 48,000 journalists who are less than 30 years of age. The association consists of fourteen national youth media associations: DUE – Hungarian Youth Press, FEJS – Association of journalism students Macedonia, POLIS – Polish Youth Press, Young Media […]
Media Education Center
Media Education Center of Armenia is aimed to educate children and parents, youths and teachers to become media literate citizens of a knowledge-based society. We seek to empower citizens to make responsible choices while dealing with old and new media. Our aim is to highlight school children and students how to use media and educational […]
Gabinete de Comunicación y Educación
The Gabinete de Comunicación y Educación is a group consolidated and specialized in the investigation and scientific disclosure, that belongs to the Department of Journalism and Sciences of the Communication of the UAB. Its objective is to promote the investigation in a field of confluence between two disciplines: Communication and Education. Since its creation, has […]
FCC Chair Genachowski on Regulating the Internet
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski discusses efforts on formalizing rules on net neutrality and the expansion of broadband in the United States.
National Information Literacy Awareness Month (President Barack Obama)
President Barack Obama is calling upon Americans to “dedicate ourselves to increasing information literacy awareness so that all citizens understand its vital importance.” “An informed and educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our modern democratic society,” the president said in the proclamation, dated Oct. 1, 2009. “I encourage educational and community institutions across […]
Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet
Netizens: On the Impact and History of Usenet and the Internet is an ambitious look at the social aspects of computer networking. It examines the present and the turbulent future, and especially it explores the technical and social roots of the “Net”. – Tom Truscott (in the Forward) This piece seeks to explore the role […]
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