The Media Education Lab focuses on youth and community media production, working with our neighbors to create meaningful films about issues that matter. Some of our partners include the Village of Arts and Humanities, Arts Sanctuary, and Youth Empowerment Services.
Topics
Youth and Community Media Production
Events
JOIN US for the formal release of the Recommendations for Media Literacy Education in the State of Rhode Island
VOICEUP: CIVIC MEDIA CONNECTS MARGINALIZED YOUTH TO THEIR COMMUNITIES THOUGH DEVELOPMENT OF AGENCY
Presentation by Yonty Friesem at the Connected Learning Summit 2018, August 2, 2018 at MIT Media Lab
Teaching Resources
Examine and evaluate contemporary propaganda with lesson plans exploring definitions of propaganda, virality, sponsored content and more
It's never to early to be smart about media!
Understand how copyright and fair use supports digital learning
"Create to Learn" by using free or low-cost digital tools for making podcasts, blogs, videos, gifs, infographics and more
Guided inquiry & viewing of Adam Ruins the Internet helps learners judge the pros and cons of digital life and reflect on the role of media regulation.
Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from exploring the multidisciplinary history of media literacy
This book introduces educators to the practice and theory of digital and media literacy education in secondary schools.
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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Hobbs, R (Ed)..(2018,).The Routledge Companion to Media Education, Copyright and Fair Use Routledge,New York
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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, 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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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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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,.
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Hobbs, R...(2013,).Improvization and Strategic Risk Taking in Informal Learning with Digital Media Literacy Learning, Media and Technology 38,182 - 197.
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Hobbs, R. & Moore, D.C. ..(2013,).Discovering Media Literacy: Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School Corwin/Sage,Thousand Oaks, CA
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Friesem, J., Greene, K., Provorova, L., Tierney, T. & Hobbs, R...(2012,September).First Star URI RAM Academy Kingston, RI: Media Education Lab.,.
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Hobbs, R...(2011,June).Connecting Kids with News in their Community Nieman Reports,48-52.
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Moore, D.C...(2011,June).Asking Questions First: Navigating Popular Culture and Transgression in an Inquiry Based Media Literacy Classroom Action in Teacher Education,219 - 230.
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Hobbs, R., Cabral, N., Ebrahimi, A., Yoon, J. & Al-Humaidan, R. ..(2011,June).Field-Based Teacher Education in Elementary Media Literacy as a Means to Promote Global Understanding Action in Teacher Education,144 - 156.
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Hobbs, R...(2011,March).Empowering learners with digital and media literacy. Knowledge Quest 39(5), 13 – 17. ,.
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Renee Hobbs, Henry Cohn-Geltner and John Landis..(2011,).Views on the News. Media Literacy Empowerment Competencies in the Elementary Grades The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media,Nordicom University of Gothenburg Box 713 SE 405 30 Goteburg Sweden