The use of popular culture, mass media, and digital tools for information-gathering and creative expression may cultivate and deepen the kind of intellectual curiosity that helps students become lifelong learners.
Renee Hobbs is a Professor of Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she founded the Media Education Lab. She is one of the nation’s leading authorities on media literacy education. Her latest book Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom was published by Corwin/Sage in 2011. In January 2012, she becomes the Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.