Deciding What to Believe in an Age of Information Abundance
Hobbs, R.1999January.
A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.
Research and Scholarship
New Works
People From Many Walks of Life Enrich The Media Literacy Movement
Hobbs, R.1999
The Journal of Media Literacy
The Simpsons Meet Mark Twain: Analyzing Popular Media Texts in the Classroom
Hobbs, R. 1998January.
English Journal
Teaching Media Literacy
Hobbs, R. 1996January.
Children and the media (Reprint of Media Studies Journal article, 1994).
The Billerica Initiative Brings Media Literacy to Middle School
Hobbs, R. 1994January.
Community Media Review
See Dick and Jane Deconstruct: ABC's of Teaching Media Literacy
Hobbs, R. 1993August.
The Independent
Channel One: Schulfernseshen zwischen innovation und kommerz (The Promise and Peril of Channel One)
Hobbs, R. 1993November.
Bertelsmann Briefe
How First Time Viewers Comprehend Editing
Hobbs, R., Stauffer, J., Frost, R. & Davis, A.1988January.
Journal of Communication
Popular
Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age
Renee Hobbs2020,New book published by W.W. Norton
Propaganda is inescapable. It’s everywhere. Students need to analyze, resist, critique―and create.
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The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement
Hobbs, R.1998,January.Journal of Communication9-29.
Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens
Renee Hobbs2017,Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts
This paper reviews the various methodological approaches used to measure the digital and media literacy competencies of learners.
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Capitalists, consumers and communicators: How schools approach civic education
Renee Hobbs2016,Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice.
In this chapter, I examine the positioning of young people in relation to three forms of civic agency: as capitalists, as consumers of news and information, and as communicators with stories to tell.
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Digital Learning Anytime and Real Time
Friesem, Y., Coiro, J. & Hobbs, R. 2021,Norton Quick Reference Guides
An essential guide for middle school educators designing synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences.
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Media Literacy in Rhode Island
Media Education Lab2021,October.
New report gives letter grades to school districts across the state
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Media Literacy in Action
Renee Hobbs2021,January.
This new textbook by Renee Hobbs includes a companion website: www.mlaction.com
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Propaganda in an Age of Algorithmic Personalization: Expanding Literacy Research and Practice
Hobbs, R. 2020,February.Reading Research Quarterly
This commentary considers the rise of algorithmic personalization and the power of propaganda as it is shifting our understanding of the landscape of 21st-century literacy research and practice.
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