Media Smarts
Tags: MEDIA literacy; GENERAL education
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- Media and online literacy studies. Alvermann, Donna E.; Reinking, David // Reading Research Quarterly;Jul-Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p386
Introduces a series of articles related to media and online literacy studies.
- New media and online literacies: No age left behind. Hagood, Margaret C. // Reading Research Quarterly;Jul-Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p387
Discusses the role of media and online literacies in reading research and education. Ways that media and online literacies affect the work of reading researchers and students' lives; Conceptualization of various forms of media literacies; Comparison between a traditional definition of text and...
- Writing travelers' tales on New Literacyscapes. Leander, Kevin M. // Reading Research Quarterly;Jul-Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p392
Discusses research on online literacies. Ways to interpret online literacies; Discussion of the trend in online literacies in the 'Handbook of Literacy and Technology'; Theoretical and methodological issues in researching online literacies.
- New research literacies for contemporary research into literacy and new media? Nixon, Helen // Reading Research Quarterly;Jul-Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p407
Focuses on contemporary research into literacy and new media. Introduction of topics for literacy research; Suggestions regarding the development of literacy research agenda; Recommendations with regard to expanding the repertoire of research capabilities.
- Addicted to democracy: South Park and the salutary effects of agitation (reflections of a ranting and raving South Park junkie). Bruna, Katherine Richardson // Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy;May2004, Vol. 47 Issue 8, p682
Reflects on the effect of the "South Park" television show on the U.S. society. Topics that are directly implied on the show; Information on a show episode which affected media literacy in the society; Importance of critical literacy approach to teaching practices.
- Public Voice and New Media Literacy Skills as a Learning Outcome in the Public Speaking Classroom. Weisgerber, Corinne // Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2008, p1
In a world characterized by rapidly changing communication technologies, we may need to broaden our definition of what constitutes public speech to include new means of communicating. As a result, the speech course of the 21st century needs to reflect this broadened definition and teach students...
- On the Structure and Meaning of Information Literacy. Li-Yun Hu // Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences;Jun2005, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p471
Information Literacy means the integration of the ability of how to discover, analysis, organize, disseminate and create knowledge. There are three layers in information literacy: idea, technology and content. Information literacy is the combination of culture literacy, computer literacy,...
- Applications of Media Literacy: Helping Younger Children Evaluate the Media. Chakroff, Jennifer // Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2008, p1
Service Learning in a Media Literacy Course Students use the approaches to media literacy they have learned in class with a group of younger students at an after-school program (The Boys and Girls Club) in the area. Students learn concepts like the importance of real world information,...
- Images of fun: Is media literarcy being left out of the... Shields, Charles J. // Curriculum Review;Jan1993, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p9
States that alcohol advertisement is influential to youth and it links drinking to risky activities. How the advertisement provides a lot of money to the critics; How media literacy became expendable; Significant correlations among children's exposure and attention to advertising and their...
