This publication is the result of the Arab New Media for Peace and Dialogue project carried out by the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia – Unescocat, in cooperation with the UNESCO Office in Baghdad, and with the support of the UNESCO Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace Division. The aim of the project was to strengthen […]
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Study on the Current Trends and Approaches to Media Literacy in Europe
This study is the response to the task of the European Commission to identify existing and possible approaches to media literacy, to provide a description of emerging trends in this field throughout Europe, to provide recommendations on measures to be implemented at EC level to help foster and increase the level of media literacy in […]
Reboot
This is an open letter to the Federal Communications Commission about a Media Policy for the Digital Age, by the president of the New America Foundation, a public policy institute based in Washington.
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today’s biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs–from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding “terrorists”–along […]
The Mean World Syndrome: The Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear
For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have descended into simplistic battles between those who claim that media messages directly cause violence and those who argue that activists exaggerate the impact of media exposure altogether. The Mean World Syndrome, […]
El niño como pequeño director en la Red. Exploración de tres webs interactivas infantiles sobre educación mediática
La Red provee a padres y maestros de una gran cantidad de recursos multimedia en pro del aprendizaje del niño. No obstante, no existen muchos portales en idioma español que oferten actividades, especialmente para los niños, que tengan que ver con el universo audiovisual en todas sus fases. Estos tres portales que presentamos, son de […]
Media LIteracy e-bulletin issue 38
In this issue, media literacy e-bulletin features a wide range of activity, including the launch of the BBC’s ‘First Click’ campaign, an innovative crowdsourcing approach to help ‘Fix the Web!’ for disabled people, details of the winners of a number of awards and an early preview of next year’s Safer Internet Day in February. There […]
Youth-Powered Video Curriculum Materials
Sample lessons from EVC’s published curriculum “Youth-Powered Video: A Hands-On Curriculum for Teaching Documentary”, as well as supplementary handouts, addendums and guides are posted to help you navigate the curriculum and enhance its use in different contexts.
The Practice and Principles of Teaching Critical Literacy at the Educational Video Center
Documenting the teaching and learning of critical literacy as it is practiced at EVC gives a snapshot of the impact it has on the students’ creative, analytic, and social capacities.Critical literacy is both an educational strategy and a cultural practice. It seeks to address concerns of developing a civically active “articulate public” that has the […]
A National Study on Children’s Television Programming in Canada
For 35 years, the Alliance for Children and Television has been monitoring the quality of Canadian children’s television and all screen-based content, and actively contributing to the vitality of this industry. The current national study on children’s television programing in Canada provides a unique and timely analysis of children’s programming in Canada at the end […]
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