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Perspectivas: Literacidad (alfabetización) Mediática en el Mundo
Perspectivas: Literacidad (Alfabetización) Mediática Alrededor del MundoTe damos la bienvenida a la primera serie de webinars en español organizada por el Laboratorio de Educación Mediática, Media Education Lab por su nombre en inglés. Nuestra organización se dedica a promover la educación para la alfabetización literaria mediante la investigación académica, colaboración interdisciplinaria y…
Read MoreUsing Media Literacy to Confront Glamorous Illusions
The Blank Space of Vaping PreventionUsing Media Literacy to Confront Glamorous IllusionsStep into the "Blank Space" where vaping's glamorous illusions take center stage. In this keynote address, we unravel the urgent and insidious dangers of vaping, as influenced by the deceptive allure perpetuated through social media influencers. Envision a new era in tobacco prevention, where we will…
Read MoreMedia Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, and American Values
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Dr. Renee Hobbs, professor of communication studies at the University of Rhode Island, will be the featured speaker for the 2024…
Read MoreHow to be a Courageous Citizen in a World of Weaponized Words
DATE: Mar 12, 2024 TIME: 9:00 - 9:30 AM Eastern Time (US and CanadaLOCATION:…
Read MoreRipplers are Courageous
Join us for informal discussion about the ongoing progress that occurring as people from across Rhode Island, the USA, and the world implement COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS and education programs to their community, workplace, library or school. DATE: Thursday, April 25, 2024TIME: 7 PM ESTLOCATION: Online via Zoom. …
Read MoreMediaEd Forum
Join us for the 17th MediaEd Forum!We've changed the name of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference (now in its 17th year) to reflect the growing global diversity of our online knowledge community!Conference Theme: Confronting the ChallengesFriday & Saturday, January 12-13, 2024 ONLINE VIA ZOOM…
Read MoreMedia Literacy Matters
Renee Hobbs is thrilled to be a featured presenter at the European Digital and Media Literacy Conference in Brussels, which puts the many faces of digital and media literacy in the European spotlight during the Belgian EU presidency. February 27 - March 1, 2024Brussels, BelgiumThe conference is focused on showcasing and exchanging initiatives, tools, projects and practices that can be integrated…
Read MoreE-Cig Influencers
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the United States and cigarette smoking is implicated in 1 in 5 adult deaths, resulting in over 480,000 premature deaths per year. 1 in 10 high school students vape, and there are 2.1 million teenage e-cigarette users in 2023, with more than 1 in 4 using e-cigarettes daily. Learn how you can talk to teens about the social…
Read MoreHow Media Literacy Week Promotes Community
DAY: Monday, December 18th, 2023TIME: 12 pm EST | 6 pm CET | 1030 pm ISTLocation: Register for Webinar Here. In this webinar, Pamela Morris and her colleagues and students will review and reflect on their experience in developing Media Literacy Week in Columbus, which was sponsored locally by Indiana…
Read MoreMedia Club: A case for optimism
In this session, Maria Polski discusses how media education is enhanced by the accumulative approach, positing that a modern communicator must be competent at all levels of communication: oral, written, print, visual and digital. She presents a case for optimism: a way to encourage humans to develop and maintain the cognitive skills promoted by each of the communication technologies. A reader…
Read MoreBabeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
International Conference In celebration of Media Literacy Week, our co-directors Renee Hobbs and Yonty Friesem will participate as keynote speakers at the International Conference and Training on Digital and Media Education.. From, Oct. 26 to Oct. 27, national and international scholars, school educators, journalists, media professionals, NGOs and stakeholders will gather at Babeș-Bolyai…
Read MoreMedia Club: Pick a Side. Pick a Side. Now.
In the December meeting of the Media Club, Renee Hobbs will model a lesson from the New York Times Learning Network in a viewing and discussion of "Pick a Side. Pick a Side. Now," a four-minute Opinion video that explores the role of social media in the current…
Read MoreConnectivity & Digital Disruption: The Digital Divide
Read here about our full webinar series on Inequalities and Media EducationIn this fourth webinar, we will explore the concepts of digital divides from both U.S. domestic and global digital divides. Susan Wiesinger and Ralph Beliveau discuss their new book, Digital Literacy: A Primer on Media, Identity,…
Read MoreMedia Club - Arab Berlin: Dynamics of Transformation
In this Media Club Hanan Badr will talk about the co-edited book Arab Berlin: Dynamics of a Transformation. Returning the gaze into transformations in Western societies, the Media Club revisits the interpretations of contemporary transformations in Berlin which vary depending on the areas in which they take place. This book’s epistemic and critical intersectional position is on the margins.…
Read MoreIntroducing the Media Dictionary
Media Dictionary is an audiovisual, multilingual, and digital community media initiative that was initiated in 2021 with the primary objective of engaging with diverse communities across India on issues related to media literacy in local languages and dialects. More than 50 volunteers have posted more than 1,000 videos in 35 languages and…
Read MoreMedia Club - Ecomedia Literacy: Ecojustice and media education in a post-pandemic world
Join hosts Dr. Antonio López as he guides participants in an exploration of ecomedia literacy as a framework for the post-pandemic world, along with introducing some practical applications for how media educators can incorporate ecojustice through ecomedia literacy into their curriculum. The media for discussion is the presenters' essay that explores the theoretical understandings and practical…
Read MoreVisual literacy, creativity and authorship
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this fifth workshop, we will explore the influence of these complex mathematical formulas on the visual arts and their potential to both enhance and distort our understanding of reality. Beginning with a review on the history of visual media, this…
Read MoreStay Curious, Not Furious
On February 28, the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island will launch an exciting new media literacy initiative, Courageous RI. Funded by a $700,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security, the effort includes three distinct phases that will foster community conversation, provide training and education, and engage youth, helping…
Read MoreStudent-Created Media
Media projects can be a perfect showcase for students’ ideas, research, subject knowledge, and media literacy skill set development. This program will provide insight into how educators of all ages can design student-created media assignments for authentic learning, with an emphasis on library-based perspectives. Hear case studies, in-depth overview of media project types, and questions to help…
Read MoreMedia Literacy for Mid-Career Folks
7. MEDIA LITERACY FOR MID-CAREER FOLKS Featured Speaker: Renee Hobbs It's been claimed that older adults were responsible for a significant share of the so-called "fake news" crisis. How might digital skills and knowledge intersect with media literacy competencies for adults as they navigate a rapidly-changing media environment? Learn how mid-career folks manage the more-or-less…
Read MoreAcross the Generations 4
4. MEDIA LITERACY IN HIGH SCHOOL: FOCUS ON CIVIC EDUCATION In high school, students learn to deconstruct media messages and benefit from access to scaffolding and frameworks to build their critical thinking skills. Students also are discovering their creative capacities as media makers and gain confidence in self-expression when they have authentic audiences who encounter their…
Read More16th Northeast Media Literacy Conference
On January 13 - 14, 2023, the media literacy community will gather for NMLC23, the 16th Annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference! This online conference is organized around the theme of RESISTING THE FRAME. DATE: January 13 - 14, 2023 TIME: LOCATION:…
Read MorePreviewing the 16th Northeast Media Literacy Conference
We're celebrating Media Literacy Week PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS! On January 13 - 14, 2023, the media literacy community will gather for NMLC23, the 16th Annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference! This online conference is organized around the theme of RESISTING THE FRAME. Join us for a webinar where we share our planning…
Read MorePost-Pandemic Futures for Media Education
Our team from the Media Education Lab is proud to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. Join us for an hour long webinar on the intercultural application of the human framework for the…
Read MoreMicroaggressions in the Classroom
DATE: Monday, August 29, 2022 TIME: 12 - 1 PM EST LOCATION. Online. Click here to register. Presenter: Zan Walker-Goncalves Writing Program Coordinator and Associate Professor Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire In this session we will Identify the impact of…
Read MoreBack to School with Digital Media Literacy
Many friends of the Media Education Lab took time for learning this summer to imagine and plan possibilities for the year ahead. Join us to share your ideas and plans for the fall semester with the Media Education Lab community. This webinar is an informal discussion group where we talk about our hopes, fears, and dreams for the coming semester. There will be time for large and small-group…
Read MoreThe Power of Propaganda
Renee Hobbs is pleased to serve as Lead Scholar for The Power of Propaganda, a program at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The program is designed help educators develop a deeper understanding of how to teach students to critically analyze different forms of propaganda. The seminar explores how to teach about propaganda through an interdisciplinary lens and how to cultivate…
Read MoreMedialogues Showcase: What We Learned Together
Medialogues on Propaganda is an online Professional Learning Community designed to advance the quality of media literacy education by developing the knowledge, confidence, and leadership skills of German, American and global teachers and teacher educators. DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 TIME: 18:00 PM CET / 12:00 PM EST LOCATION. …
Read MoreSystemizing Digital Citizenship Education
Systematizing Digital Citizenship Standards DATE: Thursday, April 7, 2022 TIME: 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST LOCATION: Online. Click here to register. FEATURED PRESENTERS: Kristen Mattson & LeeAnn Lindsey Digital citizenship includes the myriad of skills people need for full, civic…
Read MoreExploring Controversial Issues in the Classroom
Exploring Controversial Issues in the Classroom Social justice media and technology in teacher education ATEE Spring Conference 2020/2021, Florence, ITALY, October 28 2021 Keynote Address By Renee Hobbs Educators are themselves citizens who express and share political views as part of their personal identity.…
Read MoreAnalyzing the Visuals of 9/11 Anniversary
We honor the 20th anniversary of September 11th Analyzing the Visuals of 9/11 Anniversary Frank Baker and Renee Hobbs explore the visual representation of the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001 to demonstrate how media literacy competencies can be seamlessly woven into the elementary, middle-school and high school classroom. Kara Clayton shares the …
Read More9/11 Through a Critical Literacy Lens
We honor the 20th anniversary of September 11th 9/11 Through a Critical Literacy Lens In this session for current teachers, future teachers, and teacher educators, we explore how to understand the importance of using memories as a form of oral history, especially about an important event in U.S. history like September 11, 2001. Learn how future teachers learned to use the…
Read MoreThose People
Join us for a screening and discussion! Three years in the making, “Those People” is an unforgettable new movie giving a behind-the-scenes look into the true stories behind the decade-long run of the New London Talent Show. DATE: Wednesday, July 14 TIME: 8 pm EST LOCATION. Online. Click here to register.…
Read MoreWebinar digitale geletterdheid, de lerarenopleiding en de leraar van de toekomst
Renee Hobbs gave a talk to Kenniset, the Dutch ICT authority on June 15, 2021. Key themes from the talk: What are the Media Literacies? There are a lot of different media literacies and all have value to learners Media literacy education should be responsive to people's lived experience with mass media, digital media, and popular culture Media literacy education should…
Read MoreMedia Literacy in Higher Education
In this webinar, Renee Hobbs shares insights on how she teaches media literacy to undergraduate students and leads a discussion where participants share their plans for the Fall 2021 semester. We share syllabi, reading lists, sample assignments, PowerPoints, videos, and even tests ---and brainstorm how to ensure that our courses are responsive to changing technologies and issues in contemporary…
Read MoreStrategies for Responding to Vaccine Propaganda
Renee Hobbs is delighted to present at the Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) conference on June 3rd. She will offer a program in media literacy education for adults, entitled "Strategies for Responding to Vaccine Propaganda" at the …
Read MoreHobbs Keynotes at EEPG
Renee Hobbs offers the keynote at the European Educational Publishers Group on May 27, 2021. The European Educational Publishers Group is a network of European publishers sharing knowledge and experience and working for improving education across countries. Propaganda vs Education in a Digital Age By Renee Hobbs Propaganda can be found in marketing and advertising, government and…
Read MoreHOBBS KEYNOTES AT AMICAL 2021
AMICAL is an international consortium of 28 American‐modeled institutions in 20 different countries. It is a cooperative organization for advancing learning, teaching and research through the collaborative development of library, technology and curricular resources at member institutions. AMICAL’s membership is composed almost entirely of non‐…
Read MoreReaders & Reading in a Digital Age
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CROATIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES is organizing an international interdisciplinary scientific conference READERS AND READING…
Read MoreOpening a Global Conversation
Opening a Global Conversation: Building Trust in Digital Communities We're exploring the connections between media literacy and intercultural dialogue in this session for teachers and teacher educators. DATE: TUESDAY, June 22 TIME: 12 - 1:30 pm EST / 6 - 7:30 pm CET LOCATION: Online. Register…
Read MoreMedia Savvy: Identifying Propaganda
Propaganda comes in many forms: advertising, public relations, journalism, political communication, activism, entertainment and even education. Disinformation, fake news, memes and algorithms are changing how public opinion is manipulated today. How can you navigate the increasingly fine lines between truth and bias? Join Seekonk Public Library for this virtual program to learn how to…
Read MoreTournaments of Value: Teaching the Oscars
Tournaments of Value: Teaching the Oscars The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), offers an ideal opportunity to help students understand the film industry, the art of film, the practice of…
Read MoreWikipedia in Popular Culture
A 3-part discussion series in honor of Wikipedia's 20th birthday We would like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia @ 20, a discussion series that examines the past, present and future of Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopedia. In this series of 3 programs, you can learn more about how crowdsourced information affects the way people…
Read MoreWikipedia Under the Hood
A 3-part discussion series in honor of Wikipedia's 20th birthday We would like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia @ 20, a 3-part discussion series that examines the past, present and future of Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopedia. In this series of 3 programs, you can learn more about how crowdsourced information affects the way…
Read MoreTeaching the Capitol Siege
In the days immediately following the assault on the U.S. Capitol, teachers struggled to address this historic event with their students. How did they respond to students’ fears, answer their questions, and help classes get the facts straight about what happened? Did teachers call it a riot, an insurrection, a siege, or an assault on democracy? Were some teachers unable to discuss the topic at…
Read MoreCrisis Creates Opportunity for Digital Media Literacy
Crisis Creates Opportunity: How the Covid Pandemic Helped to Advance Digital Media Literacy in Schools Renee Hobbs is presenting a lecture at the 2nd From Traditional to Digital International Media Research Symposium, December 11, Izmir, Turkey. When the pandemic struck and millions of teachers around the world were faced with "remote emergency instruction," some teachers found that the…
Read MoreVisualizing the Trump Presidency
By now, we've had nearly four years --and thousands of images --representing the Trump presidency. Join us to explore the amazing archive of mazazine covers developed by media literacy guru Frank Baker. We'll be demonstrating how to use these images to address the Trump presidency while building knowledge and vocabulary of media literacy concepts in a fully-online classroom. See how…
Read MorePropaganda Everywhere: Teaching Propaganda Across the Disciplines
Explore and reflect on how college and university faculty engage in teaching about propaganda with a diverse group of faculty experts DATE: Tuesday, October 27 TIME: 12 pm - 1 pm EST/ 9 AM PST LOCATION: Online. Register for the meeting here. In this dialogue, we reflect on the following…
Read MoreThe Power of Two: Tier 2 Reflections
Have you been curious about what Tier 2 is all about? Want to reflect more about the Power of Two in relation to personal and professional identity and action? DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 TIME: 12 - 1 pm ET LOCATION: ONLINE. Click here to register At the Tier 2 Summer Institute, the focus is…
Read MoreKeep Calm and Log On
AN INFORMATION LITERACY RESOURCE BASED ON THE ACRL FRAMEWORK DATE: MONDAY AUGUST 10 TIME: 12 - 1 PM ET LOCATION: ONLINE. Click here to register Check out the Slides From the…
Read MorePassion to Purpose: Design Thinking Tools for Educators
In this interactive workshop, we explore how design thinking tools can help educators build inquiry and engagement media projects based on student interests. Join MINDY FABER and MARGARET CONWAY, Convergence Design Lab’s co-founders, for an interactive virtual workshop on Passion to Purpose, a digital…
Read MoreStudent Journalists on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Coping
Students are on the front lines of coronavirus coping in dealing with the self-isolation and emergency remote teaching. Learn more about how PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs offers a unique approach to media literacy education, with social media challenges and scaffolded media production activities. And now teachers and students can use the …
Read MoreMagazine Media Literacy in a Time of Coronovirus
Join us for an interactive online workshop where we critically analyze magazine covers depicting the coronavirus pandemic with Renee Hobbs and special guest, Frank Baker of the Media Literacy Clearinghouse. Participants will get a chance to use MURAL, a fascinating new digital platform that lets users easily create share, and comment on visual content…
Read MoreMonthly Book and Media Club: April #DIGIURI
Each month the DigiURI Media Club meet for an engaging discussion about a piece of media in any form—video, audio, text, etc.—related to the digital world, how it is changing our lives, and how we can best teach about it. Anyone can recommend a title for discussion and each month members…
Read MoreAn Online Gathering to Share and Support Educators During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Join us on Friday, March 19th for a 1-year reunion! All are welcome to attend! We will be exploring the theme of "in-between" -- as many of us struggling with the shifts that are underway as schools re-open for face-to-face learning, while maintaining online learning at the same time. It's a complicated time, again, and we welcome you to join us for an open discussion about your…
Read MoreHow Media Literacy Handles Distorted Science
A free webinar, open to all DATE: Monday April 13 TIME: 7 - 8 p,m EST LOCATION: Online. Click here to register Join Renee Hobbs and Chris Sperry, Project Look Sharp’s Director of Curriculum and Staff…
Read MoreSummer Institute in Digital Literacy
We're Back for the 9th Annual Summer Institute in Digital Literacy Fully-online in 2021, this program is the premiere professional development program in digital and media literacy education We're thrilled to be entering a new era as we transform teaching & learning with digital literacy! More than 1,000 educators, librarians, college faculty, researchers, and media professionals…
Read MoreFree Public Workshop Series: How to Start a Civic Media Project
Assistant Professor Yonty Friesem, together with five colleagues, is one of nine 2019-2020 Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programming Grant awardees for the upcoming Civic Media Workshop Series. This program is free and offered Wednesdays through April 13th More than twenty years ago, a sophomore named Yonty Friesem at Camera…
Read MoreTech Camp Brazil
Pam Steager is delighted to participate in Tech Camp Brazil, February 6 - 8 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Tech Camps are a public diplomacy project sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Read MoreMassachusetts School Libraries Association MSLA 2020
Pam Steager is delighted to be a featured presenter at the Massachusetts School Library Association in Framingham, March 29 - 30th.
Read MoreScreening: "The Public"
Screening & Discussion of "THE PUBLIC" DATE: Sunday, January 26 TIME: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm LOCATION: Weaver Public Library, 41 Grove Street, East Providence RI Co-sponsored by the Media Education Lab and the East Providence Public Library What do public libraries have to do with social issues like homelessness, mental illness, and the opioid crisis? JOIN US for an…
Read MoreDIGI URI MEDIA CLUB - CONVERGENCE CULTURE
We are reading Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins, a book written in 2007 about the dynamic tension between media channels and platforms, where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and corporate media collide, where the power of the media producer and the power of the consumer interact in unpredictable ways. DATE: Monday, February 3, 2020 TIME: 9 AM EST LOCATION:…
Read MoreWebinar: Summer Institute 2020 in Chicago
Join us on Monday, January 13 at 8 PM EST to learn more about our new partnership with National Louis University, which is hosting the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy in Chicago, July 19 - 24, 2020. In this January webinar, learn more about our long-term goals for the partnership and why and how we intend to advance the quality of digital and media…
Read MoreFilm, Media and Digital Literacy in Academic Libraries
Join us for a free online webinar on Monday, October 21 at 9 AM EST Click here to register. You will receive an email with the simple Zoom link to participate in the online video webinar about 15 minutes before the event begins. Some cutting-edge work is now…
Read MoreDigiURI Media Club: Irresistible
Join us Monday, October 7 to discuss "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked" by psychologist Adam Alter. This book explores an addiction that impacts half of the population: internet addiction. Alter explains how, why…
Read MoreBook Launch Party
We're delighted to announce a book launch party! DATE: Monday, July 15, 2019 TIME: 5:30 - 6:30 pm LOCATION: What Cheer Writers Club, 160 Westminster St, Second Floor. Providence, RI 02903 It's time to celebrate with the Media Education Lab as we anounce the publication of…
Read MoreMedia Literacy in the Secondary Classroom
Renee Hobbs at the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington DATE: MONDAY, June 24, 2019 TIME: All day LOCATION: The Media School, Indiana University Bloomington LEARN MORE: Media Literacy in the Secondary Classroom, June 24-26 Participants will begin this three-day workshop with sessions led…
Read MoreSummer Institute in Digital Literacy 2019
For the seventh year in a row, the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy educated nearly 100 participants on how literacy is changing as a result of emerging media and technologies. DATE: July 14 - 19, 2019 LOCATION: Providence, Rhode Island LEARN MORE: www.digiURI.com CO-DIRECTORS Renee Hobbs, University of Rhode Island Julie Coiro,…
Read MoreCreate to Learn in Higher Education
DATE: Wednesday May 22, 2019 TIME: 1 - 2 pm LOCATION: Franklin Pierce University, Spagnuolo Hall, Rindge, New Hampshire Renee Hobbs is delighted to offer a talk entitled, “Create to Learn in Higher Education” and a workshop, “All About Infographics” as part of the University’s Initiative for Digital Education for Accelerated Learning…
Read More20/20 Vision for the 2020 Elections: Fake News, Real Democracy
DATE: Thursday, May 30, 2019 TIME: 7:00PM LOCATION: The Community Room of the Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence RI Panelists for this community conversation will be the Honorable Nirva LaFortune, City Council Member for Ward 3 in Providence; Kate Coyne-McCoy, political consultant and public policy expert from Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Ian Donnis, political…
Read MoreThe Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic.
Our team from the Media Education Lab is proud to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. This handbook showcases how educators and practitioners around the world adapted their routine media…
Read MoreMedia Literacy in Action
The blurring of entertainment, information, and persuasion is reshaping work, life, and citizenship. As a result, our relationship to media has never been so important nor so complex. By asking critical questions about what they watch, listen to, read, and use, students can be better prepared to be responsible communicators who can use a variety of formats and genres for self-expression and…
Read MoreMind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age
Winner of the American Association of Publishers 2021 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences Media literacy educators have always…
Read MoreThe International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy
The definitive international reference on a topic of major and enduring importance Dynamic, multidisciplinary, and global in scope, media literacy is one of today’s fastest growing fields of applied communications. Media literacy encompasses a truly vast range of issues, including participatory culture, digital learning, civic engagement, the impact of media on children, the…
Read MoreCreate to Learn
Create to Learn helps learners create multimedia texts as they develop both critical thinking and communication skills. Written by Renee Hobbs, one of the foremost experts in media literacy, this book introduces a wide range of conceptual principles at the heart of multimedia composition and digital pedagogy. Its approach is useful for anyone who sees the profound educational value of creating…
Read MoreCopyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning
Today, it's more important than ever before to understand the scope of your rights and responsibilities as a digital author. That's why Renee Hobbs wrote the book, Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning.…
Read MoreThe Library Screen Scene
PUBLISHED JULY 15 from Oxford University Press order your copy now!In the past two decades, several U.S. states have explored ways to mainstream media literacy in school…
Read MoreTeaching Truth, Lies, and Accuracy in the Digital Age
This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at economics, ideology, and power relations. Applying a project-based learning model allowed students to enhance their digital and media literacy skills by inquiring about the accuracy of a variety of sources centered on a single story, '…
Read MoreResistance and Learning in Media & Gender Literacy Classes
Resistance is a known component of social justice classes, and it is often seen as impeding learning. The current case study explored possible scenarios of resistance in classrooms where media representations of gender are discussed, and teachers’ reactions to such resistance. Methods used for collecting data included observations in U.S. high school classes as well as interviews with teachers…
Read MoreCivic media as a cultural dialogue: Arab and Jewish teachers & documentary filmmaking in Israel
Eighteen Arab and Jewish teachers of civic education and communication studies took part in a national professional development for peace education at the Israeli Center for Educational Technology from 2016 to 2018. They created documentaries as a way to have a cultural dialogue. While learning to produce a documentary as a form of reflection, the participants deepened their dialogues and…
Read MoreDigital Authorship: Issues and Implications for Educators
In this essay, the term digital authorship in examined in relation to literacy learning. We reflect on two critical issues that are sometimes overlooked features of digital literacy in relation to the pedagogical practices of digital authorship. Teachers who are advancing literacy in the context of digital authorship are attentive to the different stages of the creative process and have a solid…
Read MoreExploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative
Explore the multidisciplinary nature of media literacy education It's been said that the lack of scholarship about the history of media literacy has been a source of some of the conflicts and debates among scholars and practitioners. Media literacy stands at the intersection of the fields of media studies and education, and these scholars have divergent perspectives on the past, present and…
Read MoreThe Routledge Companion to Media Education, Copyright and Fair Use
The Routledge Companion to Media Education, Copyright and Fair Use Edited By Renee Hobbs Media educators rely on the ability to make use of copyrighted materials from mass media, digital media and popular cultlure for analysis and production activities. With chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners from the fields of media studies, education, writing and rhetoric, law and…
Read MoreDigital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action, a policy paper by Renee Hobbs, was commissioned by the Knight Foundation, building upon recommendations that digital and media literacy be strengthened in order to get citizens more engaged in their…
Read MoreTeaching and Learning in a Post-Truth World
It's time for schools to upgrade and reinvest in media literacy lessons. Renee Hobbs, director of the Media Education Lab at the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island, cautions us to stop using the term "fake news" with students and be more precise about the types of disinformation prevalent in content today, from hoaxes and satire to clickbait. In this…
Read MoreDigital Literacy in Higher Education: A Report
Digital Literacy in Higher Education: A Report documents the key ideas that emerged from the Winter Symposium on Digital Literacy in Higher Education, a gathering of 56 higher education faculty held in January 12 – 13, 2017, including participants from the fields of…
Read MoreDiscovering Media Literacy: Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School
Discovering Media Literacy: Teaching Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School (Corwin/Sage, 2013) gives you all the tools you need to explore digital and media literacy with children ages 5 - 12, both in and out of school. In this book, you'll see dozens of examples of how teachers…
Read MoreA Field Guide to Media Literacy Education in the United States
/* /*]]>*/ Media literacy educators and scholars are a diverse community held together by a common interest in helping people access, analyze, evaluate and create media in order to enable healthier, safer, more ethical, more effective, and more powerful participation in our media and technology saturated society. The people who design, teach, study, and engage in media literacy…
Read MoreFirst Star URI RAM Academy
A Report from the Media Education Lab CLICK ON THE YELLOW BOX TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT In July 2012, twenty-two students aged 14-16 from the foster care system in Rhode Island came to the University of Rhode Island (URI) and worked with staff of the Media Education Lab to deepen their media literacy and social media competencies as part of the First Star Academy. In…
Read MoreDigital and Media Literacy: Connecting Classroom and Culture
A Review by John Robinson ORDER THE BOOK NOW How can teachers use digital and media to support academic achievement in all subjects and content areas? The answer to that question is essentially what Renee Hobbs tackles in her book Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom.…
Read MoreThe State of Media Literacy: A Rejoinder
Thanks to JoBEM editor, Susan Brinson, who offered me the opportunity to write a rejoinder to W. James Potter’s essay on the State of Media Literacy. Potter begins his response to my essay by alleging that my identity and track record limit the value of my perspective on the field. After justifying his own editorial choices in terms of breadth, balance over time, balance across scholars, and…
Read MoreMedia Education Lab 2010 End-of-Year Report
Each year, the Media Education Lab aims to fulfill its mission to improve the practice of media literacy education through research and community service. In the school year of 2009-2010, we succeeded in that goal once again. Download our final report here. Highlights of the year include: Renee Hobbs and Sherri Hope Culver met with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn in Washington DC to…
Read MoreInternet Safety and Responsible Behavior Online
FROM THE ARTICLE: HOBBS: I think that we are moving away from the original, or first generation of Internet safety, which was very much built on the mass media hype that came up around genuine problems that involved sexual predators and bullying. I think we’re beginning to move into another phase in which we’re talking more broadly about the unique characteristics of the Internet that create…
Read MoreMedia Literacy Smartphone
Learn how to use the Media Literacy Smartphone with learners of all ages! Download the free learning guide to bring the power of media literacy analysis to your learners!These easy-to-use cards, shaped exactly…
Read MoreSet Your Motivation
The Digital Learning Horoscope is a 48-item Likert scale instrument that assesses teachers’ perception of the value and relevance of six conceptual themes, namely: attitudes toward technology tools, genres and formats; message content and quality; community connectedness; texts and audiences; media systems; and learner-centered focus. …
Read MoreCourageous Conversations
Bring media literacy and active listening to middle school, high school, college and adult learnersWith support from talented educators and experts who participated in the program, we’re proud to bring you the Courageous Conversations Curriculum. This book contains a collection of materials to help you bring media literacy and active listening into your middle school, high school or college…
Read MoreCopyright
It's more important than ever before to understand the scope of your rights and responsibilities as a digital author. That's why Renee Hobbs wrote 2 books about copyright! Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital…
Read MoreMedia Literacy in Action
The blurring of entertainment, information, and persuasion is reshaping work, life, and citizenship. As a result, our relationship to media has never been so important nor so complex. By asking critical questions about what they watch, listen to, read, and use, students can be better prepared to be responsible communicators who can use a variety of formats and genres for self-expression and…
Read MoreMind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda
www.mindovermedia.us Mind Over Media is the winner of the 2021 PROSE Awards for Social Sciences by the American Association of Publishers, the membership organization of the scholarly and academic press. ORDER THE BOOK!…
Read MoreMedia Education for Law Enforcement Officers
The Media Education Lab collaborated with the Austin (TX) Police Academy to create the first-ever professional development program for police instructors on media literacy education.NEW! Read our article in Police Chief magazine!Access print handouts, videos, curriculum, and slides for the professional…
Read MoreGrandparents of Media Literacy
The Grandparents of Media Literacy is the website companion to a book edited by Renee Hobbs entitled Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative, which was published by Temple University Press in 2016. Read the book online. The Grandparents of…
Read MoreCreate to Learn Online
When students create media to represent their learning, they really learn! At the Create to Learn Online website, you can access more than a dozen free and low-cost digital tools for creating podcasts, videos, infographics, animations, videos, remix and more. Plus, you can view and upload multimedia work samples and access study notes and PPT slides…
Read MoreAssignment: Media Literacy
After 25 years, it's still the most popular resource from the Media Education Lab!This is the 18-unit curriculum created by Renee Hobbs and colleagues in 1998! You will be pleased to see how timeless and relevant these lessons continue to be!You can download the PDF files with lesson plans and reproducibles for each unit and use the videos to teach media literacy in conjunction with social…
Read MoreDigital Learning Anytime and Real Time
Since the start of the pandemic, educators all over the world have been learning on the fly how to use the power of digital texts, tools, and technologies for “remote emergency instruction.” As teachers quickly discovered, conducting nearly nonstop Zoom meetings, in an effort to replicate in-classroom learning in an online environment, is both ineffective and exhausting. In this series of…
Read MoreLibrarians on YouTube
Librarians are often challenged to connect with their communities (learners, fellow educators, and the public) with limited time, among competing priorities, and especially recently, across distance. Among many creative approaches to engagement, YouTube offers a fresh approach for librarians to build connections beyond the physical spaces of the library and outside of formal learning environments…
Read MoreNonviolent Communication for Talking about Coronavirus
NEW FROM THE MEDIA EDUCATION LAB! This helpful guide, created by Elizaveta Friesem, helps learners to practice talking about their feelings and needs in ways that promote compassion, empathy and genuine understanding. The work builds upon the work of Marshall Rosenberg's 2005 book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life.…
Read MoreInternet: Indispensable or Evil?
OverviewIn these four lessons, students use the episode Adam Ruins the Internet (Season 2, Episode 12) as a starting point to discuss the role of the Internet in modern culture and learn about media policies that shape people’s online…
Read MoreDigital and Media Literacy: A Process of Learning
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Read MoreAll About Media
It's never too early to be smart about media!Give emerging readers the tools to learn about media, evaluate it, and understand it. Readers will learn essential critical thinking concepts along with important topics such as understanding how to find sources and how to properly source, privacy and Internet safety, evaluating ads and news reports, and determining the differences between facts,…
Read MoreDigital and Media Literacy Education
A Review by John Robinson ORDER THE BOOK NOW How can teachers use digital and media to support academic achievement in all subjects and content areas? The answer to that question is essentially what Renee Hobbs tackles in her book Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom.…
Read MoreDiscovering Media Literacy
Visit the website Discover Media Literacy to see lesson plans for staff development programs with teachers, along with videos and student work samples linked to our book!…
Read MoreSummer Institute in Digital Literacy
A PREMIERE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Overview. This six-day institute focuses on how literacy is changing as a result of emerging media and technologies. We'll consider the implications of this cultural and technological shift for teaching and learning. Join us in exploring innovative approaches now being used by K-12 educators, librarians, and college and university faculty. You…
Read MoreDigital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
This plan offers specific steps for policymakers, educators, and community advocates to develop a community education movement for digital and media literacy. Whether it’s touch screen computers, smart phones, or user-generated news sites, access to information does not automatically translate into knowing how to use these tools in effective ways that help people in their everyday lives.WHY IT…
Read MoreAccess, Analyze, Act: a Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement
In 2008, the Media Education Lab team created a curriculum called Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for Civic Engagement, designed to help teachers use social media in civic engagement. The complete materials include 12 lesson plans and 3 videos for teacher education.…
Read MoreTuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age
PART 1: Analyzing News PART 2: Analyzing Entertainment PART 3: In the Classroom Winner of a Parent's Choice Award, Tuning in to Media offers a compelling look at the powerful and pervasive role that mass media play in our society. Examines the media coverage of the L.A. riots. Showcases elementary, middle school and high schools. Watch…
Read MoreMedia Literacy and Cultural Understanding of People in the Middle East
Using a university-school partnership model, we provide a variety of forms of teacher education programs, in-school mentoring, and programs that bring together mediamakers, graduate students, teachers and children to understand how to use the power of media and technology to promote global understanding. Watch the YouTube video overview below and then read the two scholarly articles we wrote…
Read MoreDigital Workshops for the Digital Nation
Parents and teachers can now develop more confidence in understanding the complex digital culture that children and young people are growing up with, thanks to the Digital Workshops, a new initiative developed by Renee…
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