The continuous changing and fast-developing information and communication technology (ICT) environment is re-shaping children’s lives, for better or worse, across all parts of the globe. A document from UNICEF’s Office of Research
Reflection on News Literacy
Home Unfettered criticism of news and media literacy education is essential in the search for best practices A new piece in Columbia Journalism Review entitled News Literacy vs Media Literacy sets up an us-vs-them paradigm to position news literacy as fundamentally distinct from media literacy. Jihii Jolly, the reporter, even wonders why I was invited […]
News literacy vs. media literacy
Three years ago, pioneer media literacy scholar Renee Hobbs published a short critique of what she viewed as troubling trends emerging in news literacy education. She argued on the site Nieman Reports against teaching news literacy in a way that romanticizes the industry or merely transforms a Journalism 101 class into a news literacy one, […]
Can news literacy grow up?
After a decade, the movement tries to prove its worth – In 2005, as Howard Schneider was developing a plan for Stony Brook University’s new journalism school, he taught a course called Ethics & Values of the American Press as a way to get to know the students. He was shocked to discover that about […]
European Media Policy (2, 2014)
The September issue, no. 2, 2014, gives an overview of some main media questions that have been discussed during the last months or will be on the agenda in the near future: A landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) – which required Google to consider individuals’ requests to remove links that they […]
I Simpósio Internacional de Literacia Midiática
O I Simpósio Internacional de Literacia Midiática está integrado em uma série de eventos que o PPGCOM/FACOM está promovendo no início do segundo semestre de 2014, entre eles as II Jornadas Internas do PPGCOM, que decorrem de 8 a 12 de setembro de 2014 na Facom. O Simpósio tem como objetivo promover o debate sobre […]
Beware of online “filter bubbles”
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for […]
The Internet’s Original Sin
Ron Carlson’s short story “What We Wanted To Do” takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths. It begins: What we wanted to do was spill boiling oil onto the heads of our enemies as they attempted to bang down the gates of our village. […]
How the Web Became Our ‘External Brain,’ and What It Means for Our Kids
Recently, my two-year-old nephew Benjamin came across a copy of Vanity Fair abandoned on the floor. His eyes scanned the glossy cover, which shone less fiercely than the iPad he is used to but had a faint luster of its own. I watched his pudgy thumb and index finger pinch together and spread apart on […]
Conversations Across Cultures: Youth Media Visions
Youth Media Visions is intended to be a useful resource for people interested in exploring the intersection of youth media, education and creation. It presents seven experiences developed by educators, social activists and media creators, who within their organizations work along with young people and media production. This book is the result of Conversations Across […]
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