Copyright Confusion is Shortchanging our Students
Hobbs, R.2008March.
Education Week
How do viewers make sense of the different kinds of realism in the images we see in films and television?
Research & Scholarship
New Works
Creative Remixing and Digital Learning: Developing an Online Media Literacy Tool for Girls
Hobbs, R. and Rowe, J.2008
Digital literacy: Tools and methodologies for an information society
Media Literacy Entry in Encyclopedia
Renee Hobbs 2008
International Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media
Approaches to Instruction and Teacher Education in Media Literacy
Hobbs, R.2007October.
Higher Education Research & Evaluation 1(China), 58-64.
Because of the rapidly changing nature of our global cultural
environment and the role of literacy in enhancing personal, social and
cultural development, the concept of literacy is now expanding to
include digital, visual and electronic media and popular culture.
Development and Validation of a Smoking Media Literacy Scale
Primack B.A., Gold M.A., Switzer G.E., Hobbs R., Land S.R., & Fine M.J.2006January.
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Associations Between Media Literacy and Adolescent Smoking
Primack, B.A., Hobbs, R., Switzer, G.E., Land, S., Fine, M.F. & Gold, M.2006January.
Journal of Adolescent Health
Purpose. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable
death in the US, and 90% of adults who die from smoking
begin as adolescents. Youth aged 8-18 are exposed to 81⁄2
hours of mass media daily, and such exposure is associated
with increased smoking. Media literacy therefore presents
How Adolescent Girls Interpret Weight-Loss Advertising
Hobbs, R., Broder, S., Pope, H. & Rowe, J.2006January.
Health Education Research
While they demonstrate some ability to critically analyze the more obvious forms of deceptive weight-loss advertising, many girls do not recognize how advertising evokes emotional responses or how visual and narrative techniques are used to increase identification in weight-loss advertising.
Non-Optimal Uses of Video in the Classroom
Hobbs, R.2006January.
Learning, Media and Technology
This paper examines some instructional practices concerning the non-optimal uses of video, films
and other mass media in the K–12 classroom. Based on a six-year process of observing and
and other mass media in the K–12 classroom. Based on a six-year process of observing and
Strengthening Media Education in the Twenty-first Century: Opportunities for the State of Pennsylvania
Hobbs, R.2005January.
Arts Education Policy Review
Media Literacy, General Semantics, and K-12 Education
Hobbs, R.2004January.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics
Analyzing Advertising in the English Language Arts Classroom: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Hobbs, R.2004January.
SIMILE: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education
Students who learned how to critically analyze advertising as part of
their Grade 11 English language arts class were compared to a
demographically matched control group who did not receive such
instruction. Four weeks of classroom activities involving the analysis
Review of "The Real Thing: Doing Philosophy with Media" by Christina Slade
Hobbs, R. 2004
Communication Education
Literacy in the Information Age (Translation)
Hobbs, R. 2004
Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences
Measuring the Acquisition of Media Literacy Skills
Hobbs, R. and Frost, R.2003January.
Reading Research Quarterly
Students who participated in a required yearlong Grade 11 English media/communication course that incorporated
extensive critical media analysis of print, audio, and visual texts were compared with students from a demographically
extensive critical media analysis of print, audio, and visual texts were compared with students from a demographically
Classroom Strategies for Exploring Realism and Authenticity in Media Messages
Hobbs, R.2001January.
Reading Online
Teachers
can improve students’ critical reading and viewing skills through
interactive learning activities that make use of a wide range of
nonfiction media, including film, television, print, and the Internet.
Four classroom learning experiences designed to facilitate careful
Improving Reading Comprehension by Using Media Literacy Activities
2001January.
Voices from the Middle
Rather than viewing popular culture as an enemy to the
work we do in schools, Renee Hobbs challenges educators to find
creative ways to build connections between kids' worlds and the work we
do in classrooms. She shares a sequence of classroom engagements that
Teaching the Humanities in a Media Age
Hobbs, R.1999February.
Educational Leadership
An innovative program helps teachers discover how to integrate media literacy concepts into high school humanities instruction.
Instructional Practices in Media Literacy Education and Their Impact on Students' Learning
Hobbs, R. & Frost, R.1999January.
New Jersey Journal of Communication
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
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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
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Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens
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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.
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Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
Renee Hobbs2010,The Aspen InstituteWashington DC
How to bring digital and media literacy education into formal and informal settings through a community education movement
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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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