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Media and Family

Media literacy can be taught in the home as well -- in fact, parents can be the best teachers of media literacy. Instead of merely restricting children's media usage, parents can engage in discussions about the messages embedded in their children's favorite media and how those messages relate to the family's own values.

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy
Online registration is now open! Join us in Providence July 14 - 19 for a hands-on, minds-on professional development program for educators and librarians.
Moore Gives Ignite Talk at DML 2013
David Cooper Moore gave an Ignite Talk titled, "I Didn't Want to Learn from Megaman." He spoke at the "Democratic Futures" Digital Media and Learning Conference, March 14 in Chicago…
YALSA Teens and Libraries Summit, Jan 23 - 24, Seattle
Renee Hobbs participated in the YALSA National Forum on Libraries and Teens project, the Teens & Libraries Summit Jan. 23-24, 2013, in Seattle. The Summit featured two days of speakers,…
Powerful Voices for Kids Comes to ISTE
John Landis and David Cooper Moore presented a Model Lesson from the forthcoming collection of Powerful Voices for Kids at ISTE on Monday, June 25 in San Diego. Learn more…

Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom
Learn the secrets of media literacy pedagogy in Grades 7 - 12 and maximize the power of mass media, popular culture and digital media for teaching and learning.
Foster Youth Program in Media Literacy
We're learning-by-doing to discover how media literacy analysis and production experiences can support the development of teens in foster care.
Media Literacy Smartphone
Available for purchase for the first time ever, the media literacy smartphone helps students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to
Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age
In this award-winning documentary, Renee Hobbs offers a compelling analysis of how news and entertainment covered the Rodney King beating and 1992 Los Angeles riots and introduces the key concepts…

Some of the publications of members of the Media Education Lab team:

By Jonathan Friesem, Kelsey Greene, Lisa Provorova, Tim Tierney & Renee Hobbs. (2012, September). First Star URI RAM Academy. Kingston, RI: Media Education Lab.,
Hobbs, R. & RobbGrieco, M.. (2012, November). African-American Children's Active Reasoning about Media Texts as a Precursor to Media Literacy in the United States. Journal of Children and Media,
Hobbs, R., Cipollone, M., Bailin, E., Moore, D.C. & Schlesinger, M.. (2011, June). Young Audiences and New Authors in a Multimedia Landscape. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R.. (2011, November). Digital and Media Literacy: The Pleasures and Perils of Online Pranking. ASCA School Counselor, 31 - 35.
Hobbs. R.. (2010, September). Empowerment and protection: Complementary strategies for digital and media literacy education in the United States.. Formare, (70) 1 - 17.
(2010, June). Media Education Lab 2010 End-of-Year Report. Philadelphia: Temple University
Hobbs, R. (2010, November). Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action. The Aspen Institute, (Washington, DC)
Hobbs, R., Pruitt-Mentle, D. and others. (2009, July). Internet Safety and Responsible Behavior Online. Threshold, (7) 19-24.
Hobbs, R. and Rowe, J.. (2008). Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls. P. C. Rivoltella (Ed.). Idea Group Press , 230 - 241.
Hobbs, R. . (2006, January). Multiple Visions of Multimedia Literacy: Emerging Areas of Synthesis. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 15-28.