Beyond Access: Challenging Educational Platforms Through a Tetrad of Literacies Approach
Beyond Access: Challenging Educational Platforms Through a Tetrad of Literacies Approach How is EdTech currently being implemented and employed in the Canadian K-12 education system? This webinar will review a draft of several policy responses originating from the proposed Tetrad of Literacies, a working conceptual framework to initiate reflection on the goals of democratic education and the…
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April Virtual Round Table
Join us for our first ever graduate symposium virtual round table! Our graduate symposium consists of students from around the world, who are conducting graduate research on media literacy. After refining their research focus with our executive director, Yonty Friesem, as a part of an informal, six-month virtual media literacy course, they are now ready to share their research with the Media Ed…
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Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for an AI World
MEDIA LITERACY Critical Thinking for an AI WorldStarting April 12, 2025 Work with a team of Palestinian and American educators to create a media literacy program for Palestinian young adults to build resilience and critical thinking skills WHY IT MATTERSIn today's digital age, navigating the complexities of media is crucial for everyone. Media literacy plays a crucial role in building resilience…
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Teacher Perspectives on Media Literacy
What do Social Studies and English Language Arts teachers consider to be most important for student learning when it comes to media literacy in their classrooms?THIS SESSION HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR: DATE: Tuesday, April 29, 2025TIME: 4pm ET / 3pm CSTLOCATION. Online. Click here to register. Join us for a…
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Bioneers 2025
Misinformation, “Truthiness,” and Critical Thinking: Seeing Through the Madness by Enhancing Media Literacy for All One of the most disconcerting trends in modern political discourse is the increasing feeling that there is no “shared reality” between opposing sides on many issues. In a world facing so many wicked problems simultaneously, the growing inability to collectively discern fact from…
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February Virtual Round Table
Join us for our first ever graduate symposium virtual round table! Our graduate symposium consists of students from around the world, who are conducting graduate research on media literacy. After refining their research focus with our executive director, Yonty Friesem, as a part of an informal, six-month virtual media literacy course, they are now ready to share their research with the Media Ed…
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1st MediaEd Research Jam
The 1st MediaEd Research Jam: Media Education at the College LevelThe 1st MediaEd Research Jam aims to address the current challenges of teaching about and with media in colleges and universities across the country. The day and a half gathering will gather higher education faculty who use media to discuss research collaborations and strategies to move forward as we address issues of polarization…
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Free Speech in an Era of Digital Platforms
DATE: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 TIME: 10:00-11:00 AM ESTLOCATION: Online. Free …
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Questioning Generative AI Through Zinemaking
Read here about our full webinar series on Leading from the Library.The self-publishing history of zines includes a long tradition of resistance through storytelling and art. While the explosive growth of generative AI in our society has been embraced by many, those interested in media literacy may have doubts about seemingly endless AI…
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Media Literacy is for Everyone
In response to the enthusiasm and excitement around our last event in October, we are excited to officially invite you back to Rhode Island PBS for the next event in the recurring series, “Media Literacy is for Everyone”. DATE: Tuesday, February 11 TIME: 5:00 - 7:00 PM ESTLOCATION: Rhode Island PBS, 50 Park Ln, Providence, RI We're dedicated to the process of building relationships, identifying…
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Digital Authorship Graduate Course
Digital Authorship (EDC 534) is offered in the Spring of 2025 semester by Professor Renee Hobbs. It is one of four required courses in the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy. The course is offered fully online in an asynchronous format for Anytime Learning.DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS JANUARY 20, 2025 ABOUT THE COURSE: The course examines how AI tools can be used for creative expression and…
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Book Party, Media Literacy in Action, 2nd Edition
Join Renee Hobbs for a book party to celebrate the publication of Media Literacy in Action, 2nd edition!DATE: Wednesday, February 5, 2025TIME: 12 PM - 1 PM ESTLOCATION. Online. REGISTER HEREHelp students…
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Together We Rise: The Next 100 Days
Together We Rise: The Next 100 Days Co-Creating Connections and Possibilities in a Time of Transition The program continues! Join us for reflection and fellowship. This weekly webinar addresses themes of social connection, political transition, stress reduction, and media literacy. Sessions will include guest speakers, guided discussions, and mindfulness practices. We are co-constructing the…
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MediaEd Forum 2025
Join us for the 18th MediaEd Forum!We've changed the name of the Northeast Media Literacy Conference (now in its 18th year) to reflect the growing global diversity of our online knowledge community!Conference Theme: Testing Media Literacy in Times of CrisisFriday & Saturday, January 10-11, 2025 ONLINE VIA ZOOM -…
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Applying Digital Ubunto/Empathy with election results
In the fourth interactive session, co-hosts Aurra Kawanzaruwa and Yonty Friesem will open a discussion on how do we feel and we are in regards to the U.S. election results. Participants will discuss how can we learn from what media education and digital citizenship across the globe during the pandemic. Where are we headed with digital Ubuntu/empathy? Participants are welcome to join the…
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Media Literacy Resource Showcase
DATE: October 5, 2024 TIME: 10 AM - 5 PM UTC-4LOCATION: Online. Register for free as a 2024 U.S. Media Literacy Week…
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Media Literacy Theory of Change Model
Introducing the Media Literacy Theory of Change ModelJoin media literacy researchers Erica Austin and Shawn Domgaard to learn about a new theoretical model, published recently in Communication Theory, that conceptualizes how media literacy activates both cognitive and affective components of the message interpretation processes along with skills that can be taught, engaged, and adapted as a…
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Boosting Media Literacy
In today’s media saturated world, the importance of teaching media literacy from PK through adult education is universally recognized. But how can educators fit this critical skill into already packed coursework? In this session, we will explore how a small liberal arts college tackled this challenge. Learn how they developed self-directed online learning modules to empower pre-service teachers…
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Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News
An Introduction to the Practical Techniques of a Former CIA Media Analyst Meet Roy Whitehurst, a former CIA analyst and instructor who spent 30+ years evaluating written information, photos, videos, and other media collected by the CIA and then taught media literacy skills to new CIA analysts. He is the author of the new book,…
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Read, Write, Roar! And More!
Detroit PBS and the Michigan Learning Channel are expanding media literacy offerings to K-12 educators and their students. Join us to learn about the newest series of content from Read, Write, ROAR!, a popular program from the Michigan Learning Channel. The new upper elementary series helps build media literacy skills for students in 4th and 5th grade using standards-aligned social studies and…
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So You Want to Start a Digital Media Literacy Program?
Read here about our full webinar series on Leading from the Library.In this first webinar in the Leading from the Library series, we will explore the challenges and opportunities involved in starting a digital or media literacy program. We’ll hear from a panel of academic librarians about how they got started, as well as surprises and…
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Sustainable Impact: Transforming Schools with Media Education
How can we move beyond simple workshops to integrate comprehensive media education into the classroom? What strategies can we implement to effectively use media literacy toolkits for meaningful change? Join us in this session to explore key actions for educating the citizens of tomorrow. During this session, we will explore the strategy for creating systemic and sustainable impact through media…
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Media Literacy Practices with Resilience
Join a session with guest speaker Maria Leonida, film director and media tutor, to discuss how various visual expression techniques can be used in media literacy education. Aiming at a variety of audiences, with higher or lower language skills, with a transgenerational and transdisciplinary attitude, Maria Leonida proposes deconstructing film and audiovisual language to self-contained units with…
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Media literacy, Moral Panic and Video Games - Learning Through Play
A cultural phenomenon, a 350 billion-dollar-a-year industry, a vehicle for developing participatory culture and core skills of the XXI century - media and digital literacy among them; a sport? Or the worst thing that's ever happened to the kids since TV? On July 23rd, we'll discuss the unique medium and experience of video games, learning through learning (and the difference between game-based…
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Teaching the Conspiracies
A 2-Week Deep Dive Micro-Credential Course for Emerging and Established LeadersBuilding upon the success of the first micro-credential course "Teaching the Conspiracies" in February's MediaEd Institute, we are thrilled to offer a new follow up with four new modules of online professional learning experience…
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Teaching Media Literacy: What Works
Teaching Media Literacy: What WorksTuesday, June 4, 2024 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm Sponsored by the Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles…
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The Media That Makes Us
This webinar series features participants of the MediaEd Institute and their final projects. Learn more about the MediaEd Institute Here. In this presentation, Erin James will share a slide deck that can be used to teach media literacy to middle schoolers. With an emphasis on girls, their adolescent identity and self-…
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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…
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Exposing the Hidden World of Media Market Research
Join us to learn more about market research and how it constructs a picture of the viewer for Hollywood DATE: Monday, April 29 TIME: 12 - 1 PM ESTLOCATION: Online. Click here to register Within the media industries, Nielsen audience measurement helps guide executives in crafting programming, building…
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The Twilight Zone and Civil Liberties
DATE: Monday, April 8, 2024TIME: 5:30 PM LOCATION: Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy LaneJoin us to screen a few classic episodes of The Twilight Zone, followed by a discussion. We'll delve into the context and themes of the episodes, and how they connect to the ongoing fight to protect civil liberties today. The two episodes we’re planning to screen are…
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Revising The Media Literacy Critical Questions
The Media Literacy Smartphone was build on a long history of critical reflection of media messages. The Media Education Lab is improving the resources for practitioners of media literacy in K-12 and post-secondary education. And in order to update them, we look to redesign the critical questions for analyzing a media text to support learners and educators of all ages. Join us as we examine the…
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How 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:…
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Ripplers 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. …
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MediaEd 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…
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Media 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…
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E-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…
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How 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…
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Media 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…
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AI 101: Introducing students to generative AI
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this webinar, we’ll share a model for introducing students to some of the “big questions” about machine learning and generative AI. While many students have experience using generative AI, not all do - and many are unaware of the ways in which machine…
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Babeș-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…
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Media Club: Media Literacy and Media Education Research Methods: a Handbook
In this session, Pierre Fastrez and Normand Landry will examine the field of media literacy and media education research from the perspective of its research methods. They will argue that methodological discussions are an exciting way to interrogate the foundations of this field of research, and open up a dialogue on fundamental questions about what is meant by “media education”. Such…
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The Gaza-Israel War in the Media
While we might not be able to solve the violent conflict in the Middle East, we as media educators need to share our practice and be there for our learners. By connecting with our community of learners, asking critical questions, sharing needs and emotions as a group, challenging media representations, and fighting the spread of biases and prejudices, we can better understand, reflect, and…
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Media 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…
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Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Global South
Read here about our full webinar series on Inequalities and Media Education In this first webinar, we aim at reflecting on the potential of media activism and artivism to create more sustainable connections between Global South communities and to promote a dialogue to challenge colonial legacies and…
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Introducing 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…
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Gaming Stories From Our Classrooms: Perspectives on Critical Practices
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION “Gaming Stories From Our Classrooms: Perspectives on Critical Practices” focuses on educator storytelling around game implementation in school spaces. A panel of teachers with a variety of experiences, from novice to expert (noobs to pro), join researchers from the Literacy Research Association's Critical Gaming Literacies Study Group for this one hour event. Panelists…
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Courageous RI Professional Development Program
Under the auspices of the Courageous Rhode Island program, the Media Education Lab offers a fully-online professional development program for middle school, high school, and college educators from any field or discipline. This program is led by Renee Hobbs (University of Rhode Island) and colleagues. Be part of a supportive online professional learning…
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MEDIA CLUB - Childscape, mediascape: Children and media in India
In this session, Usha and Sumana will talk about the need for a more diverse approach to studying children’s media cultures that is both transdisciplinary and multi-sited, recognizing the complex and varied ways in which young people live with/in media. You can download the book chapter here. Date: Monday, July…
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Media 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…
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Critical AI Literacy
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this eighth webinar, we will explore how can we develop our own critical AI literacy as educators, and how do we develop students' critical AI literacies? In this session, we will explore multiple dimensions of critical AI literacy and discuss various…
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AI research: An anthropological lens
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this sixth workshop, Dr. Rangaswamy will introduce a few of her research projects at the intersections of AI, HCI [Human Computer Interaction] and anthropology. Through these projects, this webinar will lay out the impact and outcomes of AI for pedagogic…
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The Future of Education in the Age of AI: Trends, Issues and Solutions
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this seventh workshop, we will explore how AI is transforming education, such as personalizing learning, automating assessment, and improving collaboration. However, AI also poses significant challenges and risks for educators and learners, such as…
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Visual 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…
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Teaching Prompt Engineering in the Classroom
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this fourth webinar, we will explore the use of AI in K-12 education. In today's fast-paced and technology-driven world, prompt engineering has become an essential skill for students to develop. This session will provide educators with practical…
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High Conflict
In this session, we identify the way that conflict is rooted in blame and shame strategies. We examine the power of particular listening strategies like “looping for understanding” as a means of dialing down the conflicts that we encounter in media, the workplace, family and community. What is high conflict and what forces perpetuate it? How does it damage individuals and communities? What can…
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Artificial Intelligence Literacy
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom In this third webinar, we will explore some of the AI impacts and issues relating to media literacy. Many of us are educators (in schools and communities, and among our peers) who strive to inform others about…
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Social Media Affordances & Constraints
Are students getting the most out of social media? Do they know when to use one platform over another? Can they tell when offline engagement might be a more viable option? To answer these questions, students might consider the role of social media affordances. How they perceive social media affordances, such as visibility, persistence, editability and association, can both enable or…
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ChatGPT helpful or harmful for teaching rhetoric?
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom The first workshop in this series will provide attendees with an introduction to chat GPT, a powerful communication tool that offers a wide range of benefits. Through a combination of interactive activities and expert presentations, attendees will become…
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Can media literacy help us see through the AI hype?
Read here about our full webinar series on AI in the Classroom The second workshop in this series will look at the recent release of GPT-4 and its predecessor ChatGPT in November 2022 that set off heated debate and a range of impassioned responses. ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are at times described as…
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Stay 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…
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Media Literacy in Action, 2nd edition 2025
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…
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The 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…
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Mind 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…
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The 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…
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Create 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…
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Copyright 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.…
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The 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…
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Teaching 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, '…
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Resistance 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…
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Civic 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…
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Digital 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…
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Exploring 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…
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The 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…
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Digital 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…
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Teaching 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…
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Digital 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…
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Seeing, Believing and Learning to be Skeptical: Supporting Language Learning Through Advertising Analysis Activities
Access the PDF here This study documents how a high school ESL teacher working with new immigrants ages 14–20 supported the development of their critical thinking and English language skills by using advertising analysis activities. The article examines the use of key critical questions for analyzing…
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Discovering 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…
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First 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…
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Digital 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.…
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The 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…
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Teachers Guide, Media Literacy in Action
This Teacher’s Guide will help you get the most out of the new textbook by Renee Hobbs, as it offers practical guidance on using this textbook in the classroom. Whether you are an experienced teacher or teaching media literacy for the first time, this guide…
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Courageous 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…
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Media Literacy in Action
THE SECOND EDITION HAS ARRIVED!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…
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ML DISCourse Model
NEW TO THE 2nd EDITION of Media Literacy in Action by Renee HobbsThe Media Literacy DISCourse Model is a set of nine questions that help you build your critical thinking skills in responding to media texts. These questions also help students explore the connections between "…
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Media 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…
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Set 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. …
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Deconstructing Disney
Deconstructing DisneyThis fun, intergenerational workshop explores what we love and hate about Disney films, characters and brands from the past and present. If you’re a kid, teen, parent, educator or anyone who works with youth, you will learn how people’s knowledge, beliefs and attitudes can be harnessed and expanded for deeper learning through simple instructional strategies. Discovering how…
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Copyright
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…
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Mind 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!…
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Media 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…
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Grandparents 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…
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Teach the Conspiracies
Workshop: Teach the Conspiracies Read and Annotate the PDF: Teach the Conspiracies by Renee Hobbs Flipgrid: Explore a Conspiracy Theory and Comment View: Can You Win an Argument with…
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Create 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…
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Magazine Media Literacy
Students of all ages can develop media literacy competencies in this fun and engaging lesson, which includes adaptations for both online and face-to-face learning. Watch the video to get an orientation to the lesson: Learners will: Strengthen visual analysis skills with special attention to multimodal features including text, images and design; Understand, use and apply…
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Assignment: 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…
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Digital 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…
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The Media Straight Up! Media Literacy Guide for Middle School
THE MEDIA LITERACY GUIDECreated by Renee Hobbs and the Media Education Lab and co-sponsored by Drug Free Pennsylvania. Access the PDF from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug Prevention Programs. Renee Hobbs and a team of Pennsylvania educators developed The Media Straight Up to…
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A Starter Guide for Engaging Online Meetings
We share the key insights we learned about online meetings into a crisp synthesis that helps everyone get started with the essential features of great online meetings!Check it out: https://bestonlinemeetings.com
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Memories of September 11, 2001
The series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the U.S. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 continue to deeply affect U.S. identity and politics. Through a digital academic forum, learners gather information and compare observations of memories of September 11, 2001 to reflect upon the variety of experiences and interpretations of this important historical…
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THE HIVE
When teachers and library media specialists use a student-centered approach to media production, learners create to learn, developing cognitive, social, and socioemotional competencies through creative media production that can support academic achievement across the subject areas. This model consists of six stages where students collaboratively learn to produce media messages. Based on five…
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Librarians 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…
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Pushing Back
This guide is designed to help high school educators build learners’ skills in both analyzing and creating media messages, helping learners better understand how media affects them, and how to make healthy lifestyle decisions that will improve the quality of their lives.FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMSThe Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs participated in the…
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Nonviolent 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.…
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Internet: 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…
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Digital and Media Literacy: A Process of Learning
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PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs
Student Reporting Labs connect students with a network of public broadcasting mentors, an innovative journalism curriculum and an online collaborative space to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports for PBS NewsHour Extra. Click here to access the COMPLETE …
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All 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,…
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My Pop Studio
See how My Pop Studio can be used in formal and informal learning settings by browsing the examples below.
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Digital 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.…
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Discovering 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!…
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Summer 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…
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Digital 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…
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Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age
PART 1: Analyzing NewsPART 2: Analyzing EntertainmentPART 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 teachers apply media literacy in the classroom. "Especially…
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Media 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…
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Know TV
Created by Renee Hobbs with shpport from Time Warner Cable and Discovery Communications, Inc., this curriculum with video clips promotes critical analysis of non-fiction television for students in grades 6 - 12 and demonstrates simple but powerful learning activities that help build critical thinking and communication skills. Winner of the Golden Cable ACE Award for Public Interest…
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Iranian Youth and Media Literacy
Curriculum Resources from the Youth Media Workshop for Iranian American Youth, held in Philadelphia from August 3 - 7, 2009 at the Asian Arts Initiative. See the lesson plans and reflections. Developed by Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, this program was also co-sponsored by: …
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Using Voice Thread for Media Literacy Education
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia annotation tool that lets you upload images, videos, print or other files. People can comment on these materials using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). 7 things you should know about Voicethread…
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Students Taking Action, Not Drugs (STAND)
The STAND (Students Taking Action, Not Drugs) project invites young people to use the power of mass media to design, create and deliver meaningful messages to help other teens resist drug use. This online curriculum includes nine lesson plans to help your students make public service announcements (PSAs) that can be aired or displayed to a large national audience. The STAND project combines the…
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Messages & Meanings
Developed in collaboration with the Newspaper Association of America, Messages & Meanings is a collection of curriculum activities for analyzing print and electronic media. This resource includes instructional activities for strengthening access, analysis, evaluation and communication skills, as well as evaluating new technologies like internet web pages. Cross-media comparison activities…
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Elements of Language
As one of the program authors, Renee Hobbs developed the theoretical framework for the "viewing and representing" strand; guided the development of the scope and sequence; served as the authority on terminology, definitions and pedagogy; and directed the planning for the video series. A Sample of Classroom Learning Activities From the Second Course (8th grade): Focus on Speaking and…
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Newsweek's Media Literacy Skills Builder
Analyzing the media Assessing your communication skills The media literacy remote control Five critical questions Media use motives CREATE: Keep a media journal Understanding advertising Poetry and advertising Attitudes about advertising CREATE: Analyze two ads Who owns the media? Understanding media economics Analyzing leads on AOL-Time Warner…
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