Recommended Articles on Media Literacy 

NOTE: The Center for Media Literacy's web site now contains classic articles from the archives of  Media&Values magazine. Go to the web site to read some of the best writing about media literacy in the US.  Also recommended: Media Literacy Review's archives


2010

This They Believe? Adolescents, Advertising, and Critical Thinking Skills (NMSA) Middle Ground, April 2010

Interpreting Intertextuality: Analyzing Video Messages, Classroom Notes Plus (NCTE), April 2010

Critical Media Literacy in Middle School: Exploring the Politics of Representation ( JAAL, February 2010)


The Story of Stuff: Reading Advertisements through Critical Eyes, English Journal, January 2010

Extending media literacy: A New Direction for Libraries, New Library World, Vol. 111, No. 1/2, 2010


2009

Before Media Education Goes To School, Understanding Adolescence and Education, ETC, October 2009

How Media Literacy Educators Reclaimed Copyright and Fair Use. International Journal of Learning and Media, 2009

Beyond Cynicism: Media Education and Civic Learning Outcomes in the University. International Journal of Learning and Media, 2009


Media Literacy: 8 Guidelines for Teachers (August 2009)

The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy (Youth Media Reporter, August 2009)

Comparing FSA Photographs by Ben Shahn: A Lesson in Media Literacy (Middle Level Learning, May/June 2009 issue)

A constructivist approach to media literacy education: The role of the library (May 2009)

Media Literacy: A Central Component of Democratic Citizenship (The Educational Forum, Kappa Delta Pi)

Global Perspectives: Developing Media Literacy Skills to Advance Critical Thinking (The Feminist Teacher)

Alligators In The Sewer? Really? (pp. 28-30, May 2009, Learning & Leading With Technology)

Skills for Surviving The 21st Century: Media Literacy Is Essential (OSSTF/FEESO Education Forum / Vol. 35, Issue 1, Winter 2009)

Association of Various Components of Media Literacy and Adolescent Smoking.American Journal of Health Behavior, Mar/Apr2009

From Gutenberg to Gates: Media Matters. The Social Studies, March/April 2009

Teaching and Reaching the Millennial Generation Through Media Literacy, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2009

What Research Says About … / Teaching Media Literacy (ASCD, Educational Leadership, March 2009)

Media literacy education in the social studies: teacher perceptions and curricular challenges (Teacher Education Quarterly, Vol 36, No 1, Winter 2009)

News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age:
Principles for a New Media Literacy (Berkman Center for Internet & Society)

2008

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Assessing the State of Media Literacy in U.S. Higher Education. Simile, Nov 2008

Culturally Relevant Media Studies: A Review of Approaches and Pedagogies, Simile, Nov 2008

Beyond Cynicism:  How Media Literacy Can Make Students More Engaged Citizens 

The Media Is the Message: Invasive Messages Require Defensive Teaching, Edutopia (Aug/Sept 08)

Critical Media Literacy & Transformative Learning, Journal of Transformative Education

What's Relevant for YouTubers?  Educational Leadership, ASCD (March 2008)

"Good for you TV": using storyboarding for health-related television public service announcements to analyze messages and
influence positive health choices.
Journal of School Health (March 2008)

The Media and the Message: Media Literacy as Life Skill in Canada (Edutopia, Feb 2008)

Media Literacy  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Part 1  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy  (Feb 2008)

Media Literacy for children in the Internet Age (Lessons In Learning)

2007

Social Critique and Pleasure: Critical Media Literacy with Popular Culture Texts (Language Arts (NCTE) Volume 85, Number 2, November 2007)

Digital Media Literacies: rethinking media education in the age of the Internet, Research in Comparative and International Education
(Volume 2, Number 1, 2007)

Commercial Media Literacy: What Does It Do, to Whom-and Does It Matter?  Journal of Advertising  (Summer 2007)

Groups advocate media literacy; release toolkit (eschool News, August 2007)

K-12 Information Literacy--Preparing for the Dark Side . I See, I Do: Persuasive Messages and Visual Literacy
(July/Aug 2007, Multimedia & Internet @Schools)


What Can Video Games Teach Us About Teaching Reading? (The Reading Teacher, May 2007)

Media Literacy: "Cool" engagements with YouTube: Part 2. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy  (April 2007)

Critical media literacy is not an option ( Learning Inquiry, Vol.1 No. 1, April 2007)

As seen on TV or Was That My Phone? New Media Literacy  (Policy Futures in Education, Vol. 5, No.1, 2007)

Critical media literacy: crucial policy choices for a twenty-first century democracy (Policy Futures in Education, Vol. 5, No.1, 2007)

Media Literacy “Cool” Engagements With YouTube: Part 1 (JAAL, Feb. 2007)

'Survey of Educators Finds Lack of Focus on 21st Century Media Literacy Skills'




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OTHER RESOURCES FOR ARTICLES
     
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/vs-media/sub_area.cfm?sa=473
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/PI/search.jhtml?magR=all+magazines&key=%22media+literacy%22
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=4018
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/lbstat/media.html
http://www.unm.edu/~abqteach/media_cus/media_index_page.htm
http://www.positivepractices.com/Literacy/MediaLiteracy1998.html


 

 

REVISED:  06/30/2010