Media literacy can be taught at all levels, on its own or embedded in other subjects such as English, Social Studies, Health or Language Arts. The Media Education Lab offers teacher education programs and workshops, as well as an online library of media literacy curriculum materials.
Topics
Teaching Media Literacy
Events
Renee Hobbs has been invited to give a public lecture at the University of Washington as the Walker Ames Endowed guest lecturer. Founded in 1936, the Walker Ames Lecture Series is one of the oldest and most prestigious lecture series at the University of Washington.
Teaching Resources
Now it's easier than ever to engage students and support learning through creating videos, animations, infographics and more
Explore the crowdsourced gallery of over 2,500 examples from around the world
Explore conspiracy theories using the power of digital annotation
Help students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to.
A virtual exchange dialogue opportunity explores people's memories of September 11, 2001.
Books for young learners: It's never to early to be smart about media!
Understand how copyright and fair use supports digital learning
Research and Scholarship
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Hobbs, R. & Smith, L. ..(2018,May).Digital Authorship: Issues and Implications for Educators Primer 46(2), 7 - 17,.
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Friesem, L. ..(2018,November).Resistance and Learning in Media & Gender Literacy Classes Media Education Studies and Research 9(2),220 - 235.
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Hobbs, R., Seyferth-Zapf, C. & S. Grafe, ..(2018,November).Using Virtual Exchange to Advance Media Literacy Competencies through Analysis of Contemporary Propaganda, Journal of Media Literacy Education 10(2), 152 -168. ,.
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Hobbs, R (Ed)..(2018,).The Routledge Companion to Media Education, Copyright and Fair Use Routledge,New York
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Hobbs, R. ..(2018,).Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda Lesson Plans .
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Hobbs, R. and Coiro, J. ..(2018,).Design Features of a Professional Development Program in Digital Literacy Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,1 - 9 .
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Ratner, E. & Friesem, Y. ..(2018,).Civic media as a cultural dialogue: A professional development journey of Arab and Jewish teachers via documentary filmmaking in Israel Journal of Media Literacy,.
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Hobbs, R..(2017,September).Teach the Conspiracies. Knowledge Quest 46(1),16 - 24.
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Hobbs, R., Ranieri, M., Markus, S., Fortuna, C., Zamora, M. and Coiro, J...(2017,June).Digital Literacy in Higher Education: A Report Providence RI: Media Education Lab..
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Tuzel, S. & Hobbs, R..(2017,April).The Use of Social Media and Popular Culture to Advance Cross-Cultural Understanding Communicar 25(51),63 - 72.
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Hobbs, R...(2017,November).Teaching and Learning in a Post-Truth World. Educational Leadership,75(3), 26 - 31.
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Hobbs, R..(2017,).Measuring the Digital and Media Literacy Competencies of Children and Teens In Fran C. Blumberg and Patricia J. Brooks (Eds.), Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts (pp. 253 – 274). London: Academic Press.,.
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Hobbs, Renee..(2016,June).Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative Temple University Press,Philadelphia
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Coiro, J., Castek, J. & Quinn, D...(2016,April).Personal inquiry and online research: Connecting learners in ways that matter. The Reading Teacher 69,483 - 492.
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Hobbs, R...(2016,December).Literacy International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. New York: Wiley.,.
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Friesem, Y. ..(2016,January).Empathy for the digital age: Using video production to enhance social, emotional, and cognitive skills. IN S. Tettegah, & D. Espelage (Eds.), Emotions, technology, and behaviors. San Diego, CA: Academic Press ,(pp. 21-45).
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Hobbs, R. ..(2016,).Capitalists, consumers and communicators: How schools approach civic education. In E. Gordon and P. Mihailidis (Eds), Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice (pp. 355- 370). Cambridge: MIT Press. ,.
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Hobbs, Renee..(2015,October).Twitter as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education In R. Lind (Ed.), Produsing Theory, Volume II (pp.211-228). New York: Peter Lang.,.
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Provorova, L. ..(2013,March).A Story of Conflict and Collaboration: Media Literacy, Video Production and Disadvantaged Youth .
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Hobbs, R., Donnelly, K., Friesem, J. & Moen, M...(2013,November).Learning to engage: how positive attitudes about the news, media literacy, and video production contribute t Educational Media International,.