The following article is based on the keynote lecture which Henry Jenkins (Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California) presented a few years ago at the National Media Education Conference in Saint Louis. Jenkins is the principal investigator for Project New Media Literacies (NML), a group which originated […]

This article reflects on how technology is affecting children these days. It analyzes the effects social media and gadgets have on kids’ behavior and the risky exposure they face permanently. It also goes over the consequences and negative effects of the Internet on children’s lives, such as sedentary habits and a false sense of reality, […]

An Update for the Center for International Media Assistance This report aims to take another snapshot of the current state of media literacy programs and revisit some of the questions that this new area of media development is raising. Looking forward, the subject deserves much deeper research and examination. We need more data to understand […]

In the 1990s, the term “digital divide” emerged to describe technology’s haves and have-nots. It inspired many efforts to get the latest computing tools into the hands of all Americans, particularly low-income families. Those efforts have indeed shrunk the divide. But they have created an unintended side effect, one that is surprising and troubling to […]