Growing concerns about ‘fake news’ have led to calls for young people to be taught critical media literacy skills. Yet while media literacy would obviously be useful, it isn’t enough to address the problem. Media educators need to frame the issue more broadly, and join forces with those calling for media reform. Link: https://davidbuckingham.net/2017/01/12/fake-news-is-media-literacy-the-answer/Author: David […]
New English Language Books about media and film studies – free access to full texts:
New English Language Books – free access to full texts: Fedorov, Alexander. Western World in the Soviet and Russian Screen: From Epoch of Ideological Confrontation (1946-1991) to Modern Time (1992-2016). Moscow: ICO Information for All, 2016, 153 p. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307587864_Western_World_in_the_Soviet_and_Russian_Screen_From_Epoch_of_Ideological_Confrontation_1946-1991_to_Modern_Time_1992-2016?ev=prf_pub Fedorov, A. The White Movement Image in the Mirror of the Russian and Western Screen. Moscow: […]
Unified Media Council
Pakistan based media development and training organization. Having strong network of Communicators, musicologist, Trainers and special focal persons in media industry. We are a large number of members but selected journalist in Anchoring, Reporting, NLES, special camera trainers and above all trained media staff to develop the new team in Pakistani media industry , specially […]
Smartphone Apps in Education: Students Create Videos to Teach Smartphone Use as Tool for Learning
Smartphones are regular classroom accessories. Educators should work with children to understand the capacity of smartphones for learning and civic engagement, rather than being a classroom distraction. This research supports a collaborative project the authors engaged in with students in two states to discover what the perception of smartphone use was by students and teachers. […]
Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age
What is the role of journalism in a democratic society, and how can we become responsible consumers and producers of news and information in the digital age? On the afternoon of August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot to death in a confrontation with Darren Wilson, a white police officer in […]
2017 NAMLE CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 11:59pm CST Theme: “Engaging Citizens, Building Community” The rapid development of new media technologies and cultures in today’s society is reshaping what it means to be an engaged citizen. From printed political pamphlets to television broadcasts of presidential debates, media have always played a part in politics. […]
Consortium for Media Literacy (December 2016)
Information on MIL resources. Link: http://www.consortiumformedialiteracy.org/images/NEWSLETTERS/citizenship%20in%20the%20digital%20age.pdfAuthor: EU Media LiteracySource: EU Media Literacy Unit
Algorithms in the news–why digital media literacy matters
From an educational perspective, the diverse ways in which algorithms are presented in the news is interesting because it suggests very different ways in which people might learn about algorithms in their everyday access to news. Many educators have long been committed to forms of digital and media literacy (part of our problem today is […]
How Data And Information Literacy Could End Fake News
At its core, the rise of “fake news” is first and foremost a sign that we have failed as a society to teach our citizens how to think critically about data and information. Take that email from a Nigerian prince offering to transfer you ten million dollars if you’ll just send him $10,000 to cover […]
Media and Information Literacy at Mark Day School (2013-2014)
Media and information literacy are essential competencies that can be activated and developed through a variety of innovative forms of learning and teaching. This report describes a year-long professional development program developed and implemented by Mark Day School faculty during the 2013 – 2014 academic year in collaboration with the Media Education Lab at the […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- …
- 411
- Next Page »